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The Devil´s Captain: Ernst Jünger in Nazi Paris, 1941-1944
Allan Mitchell
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Hardback. Author of Nazi Paris, a Choice Academic Book of the Year in 2009, Allan Mitchell has researched a companion volume concerning the acclaimed and controversial German author Ernst Junger. Spending more than three years in the French capital where his principal duty was to mingle with French intellectuals and with visiting German celebrities. Num Pages: 140 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ACG; 3JJH; DSBH; DSK; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 161 x 16. Weight in Grams: 346.
Author of Nazi Paris, a Choice Academic Book of the Year, Allan Mitchell has researched a companion volume concerning the acclaimed and controversial German author Ernst Jünger who, if not the greatest German writer of the twentieth century, certainly was the most controversial. His service as a military officer during the occupation of Paris, where his principal duty was to mingle with French intellectuals such as Jean Cocteau and with visiting German celebrities like Martin Heidegger, was at the center of disputes concerning his career. Spending more than three years in the French capital, he regularly recorded in a ... Read more
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Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
140
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Weight
345 g
Number of Pages
140
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780857451149
SKU
V9780857451149
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99-15
About Allan Mitchell
Allan Mitchell (1933-2016) received his PhD from Harvard in 1961, then taught at Smith College (1961-1972) and the University of California, San Diego (1972-1992). His most recent books were The Great Train Race: Railways and the Franco-German Rivalry 1815–1914 (Berghahn Books, 2000); Rêves Parisiens: L’échec de projets de transport public en France au XIXème siècle (Ponts-et-Chaussées, Paris, 2005); A Stranger in ... Read more
Reviews for The Devil´s Captain: Ernst Jünger in Nazi Paris, 1941-1944
“Mitchell’s book is a highly recommendable, short mise au point.” • The Historian “The debate about German occupation, French collaboration and resistance, and the relationship between the German military elite and the political leadership of the Nazis during the Second World War will continue, but this volume allows access to a unique and outstanding source, written by ... Read more