Ten Days that Shook the World

by John Reed

Overview

"Ten Days That Shook the World is not only the best account of the Bolshevik revolution, it comes near to being the best account of any revolution." -A.J.P. Taylor, historian (1964)

American journalist John Reed experienced firsthand the Bolshevik revolution of 1917 and describes this in colorful detail in Ten Days That Shook the World, with introductions by Vladimir Lenin and by Lenin's wife Nadezhda Krupskaya.

This book received wide praise from many reviewers, even from Soviet critic and US diplomat George F. Kennan, who said in 1956: "Reed's account of the events of that time rises above every other contemporary record for its literary power, its penetration, its command of detail."

Ten Days That Shook the World was also the basis of the 1928 Russian movie with the same title by Sergei Eisenstein, and the 1981 Oscar winning movie Reds about the life of John Reed, directed by Warren Beatty.

This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the Russian revolution and the history of Russia.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781646792832
Publisher:	Cosimo Classics
Publication date:	08/13/2020
Pages:	346
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.94(d)

About the Author

JOHN REED (1887-1920), U.S. journalist and activist, became best known for his writing about the Russian Revolution in Ten Days That Shook the World. Other books by Reed are: The War in Eastern Europe and Insurgent Mexico. He was a graduate of Harvard, wrote for a socialist newspaper "The Masses," and helped found the US Communist Party. Reed died in Moscow, where he received a hero's funeral.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Chapter 1.

Background.

Chapter 2.

The Coming Storm.

Chapter 3.

On the Eve.

Chapter 4.

The Fall of the Provisional Government.

Chapter 5.

Plunging Ahead.

Chapter 6.

The Committee for Salvation.

Chapter 7.

The Revolutionary Front.

Chapter 8.

Counter-Revolution.

Chapter 9.

Victory.

Chapter 10.

Moscow.

Chapter 11.

The Conquest of Power.

Chapter 12.

The Peasants Congress.

Editorial Reviews

From its opening page, Ten Days has a tempo and a voice that sets it apart, in an era when reportage as a genre was still in its infancy.” –Robert McCrum, The Guardian

“Rises above every other contemporary record for its literary power, its penetration, its command of detail … [ Ten Days That Shook the World] remembered when all others are forgotten.” –George F. Kennan

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