Re: Caucasian sketches

[Gary Kern <gkern@alumni.Princeton.EDU>]

Heidelbauer Andreas wrote:
> 
> Sorry, but I do not see why you discuss this on the EJ list...
> Andreas
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Umberto Rossi <urossi@programatic.it>
> An: ernst-juenger-l@maillist.ox.ac.uk <ernst-juenger-l@maillist.ox.ac.uk>
> Datum: Sonntag, 31. Januar 1999 12:05
> Betreff: Re: Caucasian sketches
> 
> > Curious that the seeds of EJ's distrust of technology were planted in the
> > Caucasus--not a technologically advanced area at all.  (snip) Or is the
> contrast between the German technology
> > (advanced) and Russian (backward)?
> 
> As for national technology, Russia's whas NOT that backward.  Ok, there's a
> certain trend to consider the Russians as the Bad Guys, but if there was
> something
> they were NOT at that time (things changed after 1958-9) it is backward.
> During
> WWII Russian tanks were the only ones which could really compete with German
> Panzers and Tigers.  Russian planes were not maybe as good as the Spits and
> not
> so innovative as the Schwalbe, but they were poweful, reliable machines (the
> Sturmovik was a wonderful fighter-bomber and tank-killer).  USSR had quite
> good
> rifles and guns, and the only time they had backward planes was the first
> year of
> war.
> 
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What's the problem?  A discussion of CAUCASIAN SKETCHES and EJ's
apperception of technology in Russia is directly related to our subject,
EJ.  And shouldn't we follow EJ-related topics where they lead us?  I'm
reading about German writers and moments of German history that are not
specifically about EJ, but enlightening.  I think only when we get too
far afield do we need a reminder.

GK