Ten Days That Shook the World
by John Reed · first published 1919
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Ten Days That Shook the World (1919) is a book by the American journalist and socialist John Reed. Here, Reed presented a firsthand account of the 1917 Russian October Revolution. Reed followed many of the most prominent Bolsheviks closely during his time in Russia.
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I personally enjoyed reading Ten Days That Shook the World by John Reed. The writer is as biased as it is talented.
on “Ask HN: What books changed the way you think about almost everything?” ↗A famous contemporary account is Ten Days that Shook the World. it was written by an American who, it's safe to say, was fairly pro-communist. But really it's such a pivotal moment in modern history that you're not going to starve for material. It sounds glib, but…
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