War as an Inner Experience (Ernst Jünger's WWI Diaries)

First published in 1922, War as an Inner Experience (Der Kampf als inneres Erlebnis) is Ernst Jünger's second book. In it, he describes his experience of the First World War in fourteen abstract and reflective essays. He vividly depicts the horror and brutality of trench warfare in an extraordinarily drastic way. For Jünger, war not only brings brutal death but also elevates the warrior's life into a transcendental experience.