A review by jchimpius
Storm of Steel by Ernst Jünger

5.0

Written by a shock trooper and company commander who had fourteen major wounds, this war story is bloody and exciting. Junger cuts very little out of his account of ww1. Although it appears at some points he is deluded by wounds, ultranationalism, and PTSD he intended this to be a semi philosophical work. I would agree and it has fundamentally changed the way I view the effect that war as an experience has on a person. I look forward to reading his purely philosophical work on war in the future.

edit: I've decided this was deserving of 5 stars not because its a perfect book but because its the best memoirs/ war story I have ever read