Ten days that Shook the World (Penguin Classics)
by John Reed
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Author: John ReedIntroduction: Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
Introduction: A. J. P. Taylor
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-08-28
ISBN: 0141442123
Number of pages: 368
Publisher: Penguin Classics
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Book Review: How Lenin seized power
Summary: 4 Stars
A valuable and detailed account of the events during a few days in October/November 1917 when the communists wrestled power from the Kerensky provisional government. American John Reed was as naive as the Russian common man who joined the then populist Communist movement believing that it was well-intentioned and would govern compassionately. At its very beginning when Reed was involved the Communist regime had not yet exposed its brutal inhuman side. What Reed witnessed was the intense maneuvering that occurred as Kerensky attempted to retain power and Lenin/Trotsky countered by setting up a shadow organization that finally prevailed by getting the support of a military that was in mutiny over the continuation of the WWI. Even today Reed's account of the maneuvering during the final days of the Kerensky government is considered the most detailed and accurate. However, it should be noted that the communists destroyed most other accounts of this period because they were not favorable to the communists.
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