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Originally Posted by sufue
The First World War: A Complete History by Martin Gilbert is a US Kindle Daily Deal at $1.99, not matched, at least so far, at Kobo US. This gets fairly decent reviews - 4.2 stars on more than 200 reviews.
link: https://www.amazon.com/First-World-W...dp/B07H18BPHC/
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Terrible, terrible war. Called the "war to end all wars," and "The Great War," in part because people couldn't imagine a war ever happening again that could be worse than that one . . . .
It seemed like just a short time ago that there was a commemoration of the beginning of World War I. Now there is a commemoration of the end of it. I bet that it didn't seem like a short time for the few who participated in it from beginning to end.
Storm of Steel: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition), by Ernst Junger. Neil Gower, illustrator.
This is another book about World War I, that's currently marked down to only
$1.99, also.
Very highly rated, lots of pages.
Description
The memoir widely viewed as the best account ever written of fighting in WW1
A 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. Leading raiding parties, defending trenches against murderous British incursions, simply enduring as shells tore his comrades apart, Jünger kept testing himself, braced for the death that will mark his failure. Published shortly after the war’s end,
Storm of Steel was a worldwide bestseller and can now be rediscovered through Michael Hofmann’s brilliant new translation.
This is the Penguin Classics, Deluxe edition, published in 2016. The book was written shortly after the War ended, so the original book (and translation) is in the public domain. I read parts of what I think was the original translated edition, on the
Internet Archive, and the translation seemed fine to me. Penguin may have a slightly better translation (or not), maybe some helpful annotations, whatever. But if you want to save $2, you might just want to download one of the editions available at the
Internet Archive.
This webpage at the Internet Archive looks as good as any, as a source for the books..