Description
Book SynopsisAuthor 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.
Trade Review “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 an equally remarkable and controversial writer at an extraordinary moment.” • German History
“Mitchell’s concise, informative, and clearly written essay is a fine pendant to his Nazi Past, and provides a fascinating glimpse into the mind of a critical, yet deeply patriotic German writer.” • French Review
“[This book] impresses with its thoroughness, insight, and balanced analysis.” • H-Soz-u-Kult
Table of Contents Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1. The Loner
Chapter 2. The Road to Paris
Photograph Section I
Chapter 3. Man About Town
Chapter 4. Dreaming and Musing
Chapter 5. Strange Interlude
Chapter 6. Kniébolo and the Nazis
Photograph Section II
Chapter 7. The Plot Against Hitler
Chapter 8. Telling Omissions
Chapter 9. Immediate Afterthoughts
Chapter 10. The Correspondent
Photograph Section III
Postscript: Liebe Sophie
Conclusion
List of Abbreviations
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Name Index
Subject Index
