Ten Days that Shook the World

I just finished this one, after meaning to check it out since college. Sometimes you know a book is great even if you yourself have a hard time reading it. That was the case for me in the very well written and detailed personal account of the October Revolution in Russia, as experienced by American......more

Due to the various political parties that John Reed speaks of in his impassioned account of the Russian Revolution, it becomes somewhat difficult to follow the flow of events and their importance. An understanding of the struggle at hand in this tumultuous period really only requires the knowledge o......more

This is simultaneously a difficult read and a pageturner - a firsthand account of the Bolshevik Revolution from an American observer, dense with details but also providing a historically priceless perspective of one of the most important events of the 20th century. Reed offer details of the factiona......more

A Personal Account of the Russian Revolution. 10 Days that Shook the World by John Reed is first hand account of the October Revolution. The American journalist was in Petrograd as the Bolsheviks took power and had close access to the events and people involved due to him belonging to the American So......more

Overall, this was one of the scariest books I've ever read in light of our current political climate. Of course, most of the population was in very bad straits due to the harsh reprisals & rampant corruption from the days of the Tsars, the 1905 Revolution & then the Revolution of 1917 which deposed......more