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Lead book review

Ernst Jünger — reluctant captain of the Wehrmacht

19 January 2019

9:00 AM

19 January 2019

9:00 AM

Ernst Jünger, who died in 1998, aged 102, is now better known for his persona than his work. A deeply confusing and controversial figure who loathed democracy and glorified German militarism, yet despised the Nazis, he not only bore witness to the industrial flesh-mangles of two world wars, but almost the entirety of the 20th century.

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