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Ten Days That Shook the World
Author: John Reed
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Ten Days That Shook the World is an undisputed classic of political reportage. A stunning first-hand account overflowing with urgency and immediacy, Reeds masterpiece lives and breathes the streets, meeting halls, posters and pamphlets of the revolution he witnessed. Like no other work, it places the reader shoulder to shoulder with the peoples militias, factory committees, propagandists and crowds which thronged St Petersburgs squares to protest, celebrate, and strike. Rather than a coup orchestrated by a select few, the revolution here emerges in all its true energy, chaos, and creativity as a mass struggle from below for liberation, equality, and socialism.A hundred years after its initial publication, Ten Days That Shook the World remains an unparalleled account of one of the twentieth centurys most seminal events. Review .....he writes of it brilliantly and entertainingly ......His familiar powers of graphic description ......are here at their best. -- The New York Times Book Review on first publication.
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Ten Days That Shook the World is an undisputed classic of political reportage. A stunning first-hand account overflowing with urgency and immediacy, Reeds masterpiece lives and breathes the streets, meeting halls, posters and pamphlets of the revolution he witnessed. Like no other work, it places the reader shoulder to shoulder with the peoples militias, factory committees, propagandists and crowds which thronged St Petersburgs squares to protest, celebrate, and strike. Rather than a coup orchestrated by a select few, the revolution here emerges in all its true energy, chaos, and creativity as a mass struggle from below for liberation, equality, and socialism.A hundred years after its initial publication, Ten Days That Shook the World remains an unparalleled account of one of the twentieth centurys most seminal events. Review .....he writes of it brilliantly and entertainingly ......His familiar powers of graphic description ......are here at their best. -- The New York Times Book Review on first publication.
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