Reading the 1922 edition of Ernst Jünger's
In Stahlgewittern. I think it's quite good; compares favorably to
Der Weg zurück (Remarque), although they're about very different aspects of the war (
Im Westen nicht Neues would probably be a better comparison, but I haven't read it.) Jünger's definitely a man's man, and not as much of a pout as Remarque &co. Speaking of certain comrades, he says "Hier war ein Element lebendig, das die Wüstheit des Krieges unterstrich und doch vergeistigte, das man bei den Leuten, mit denen man zusammen in den Trichtern lag, so selten fand, di sportsmäßige Freude an der Gefahr, der ritterliche Drang zum Bestehen eines Kampfes." Not really anything more than what an Allied soldier might say, but "der ritterliche Drang zum Bestehen eines Kampfes" has a more ominous ring to it in light of future events. Also fond of the (telling?) phrase "Orgie der Vernichtung," and likes to refer to modern war as Maschinerie quite a bit too.
