Ten Days That Shook the World
Publisher: Standard Ebooks
Published: 2019
Language: eng
Subjects: Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921; Communism -- Soviet Union; Nonfiction
Description: <p>In 1917 <a href="https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/john-reed">John Reed</a>, a journalist and socialist, witnessed first-hand the 1917 Russian October Revolution, in which the Bolsheviks seized power and began forming the Soviet Union. <i>Ten Days that Shook the World</i> is his account of the revolution, including on-the-ground descriptions of the days up to those portentous events.</p> <p>The book received a mixed reception. Some reviewers found it a powerful account of the events, one of the few available in English. Others noted Reed’s bias as an established Socialist writer. In any case, the book was hugely influential: this edition boasts a preface by Lenin, John Reed was buried in Moscow in a site reserved for Soviet leadership, and some Soviet couples even went so far as to name their children “Johnreed.” In 1999 New York University placed <i>Ten Days that Shook the World</i> 7th in their “Top 100 Works of Journalism” list.</p>