false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170384476m/52042.jpg 52042 57 The situation in St. Petersburg was growing more tense. The People's Revolution had begun by overthrowing the corrupt Tsarist regime in 3/1917, but the workers & peasants felt the revolution had much farther to go. Tired of fighting a war that meant little to them, soldiers also grew restless: "When the land belongs to the peasants, the factories to the workers, the power to the Soviets, then we'll know we have something to fight for & we'll fight for it!" Lenin pressed the Bolsheviks to seize power. On the night of 10/24, an organized mass of workers, soldiers, peasants & sailors stormed the Winter Palace. On the following day, at the opening of the 2nd Congress of Soviets, Trotsky announced the overthrow of the provisional government. Counterrevolutionary forces marched on the capital, but the Revolutionary Army triumphed. After all, "[t]his was their battle, for their world; the officers in command were elected by them. For the moment that incoherent multiple will was one will." <I>10 Days that Shook the World</I> tells the story of Red October & the Russian revolution from a unique, 1sthand perspective. Reed, an American journalist, was on assignment in Russia for <I>The Masses</I>--then the principal radical journal in the USA--& spent his days walking the streets, collecting & reading handbills, newspapers & posters, talking to people. As a result, <I>10 Days</I> crackles with energetic immediacy. At its best moments it reads like a novel. He recounts conversations & arguments, details political machinations, speculates on personal motives. Tho this is no mere piece of propaganda, his enthusiasm for the revolution infuses the text, casting each counterrevolutionary act in a negative light. Helpful notes flesh out the background for those less familiar with the preceding events & render this a solid work of history. <I>10 Days that Shook the World</I> is a stirring account of a stirring event.--Sunny Delaney (edited) 3370836 book 1919 Ten Days that Shook the World total:243|5:71|4:75|3:77|2:18|1:2| 243 924 415 34 3 2 false false Tue Jul 22 19:28:49 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 22 19:39:56 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Tue Sep 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 16:57:36 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 18 23:49:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1992 Thu Feb 14 13:39:13 -0800 2008 Thu May 01 08:01:34 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Fri Apr 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 18 10:34:06 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 21 07:35:58 -0700 2008 5 0 true false Sat Nov 15 00:00:00 -0800 1969 Sat Sep 26 10:59:19 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 11:04:29 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1922 Wed Jul 23 12:52:24 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 23 12:52:24 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sat Apr 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 20:21:07 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 18 09:38:10 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Mar 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 06 10:29:30 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 08 09:15:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Jan 31 14:04:10 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 31 14:04:10 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Feb 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 06 13:31:29 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 09:01:03 -0800 2009
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