Storm of Steel

Synopsis

The memoir widely viewed as the best account ever written of fighting in ww1a memoir of astonishing power, savagery, and ashen lyricism, storm of steel illuminates not only the horrors but also the fascination of total war, seen through the eyes of an ordinary german soldier. Young, tough, patriotic, but also disturbingly self-aware, jünger exulted in the great war, which he saw not just as a great national conflict but—more importantly—as a unique personal struggle.