Ten Days That Shook the World

Ten Days that Shook the World (1919) is a book by American journalist and socialist John Reed about the October Revolution in Russia in 1917 which Reed experienced firsthand. Reed followed many of the prominent Bolshevik leaders, especially Grigory Zinoviev and Karl Radek, closely during his time in Russia. Although Reed tried to see events with the eye of a conscientious reporter, interested in portraying the truth, he stated in the preface that his sympathies were not neutral (the book, in fact, favours the Bolsheviks and their viewpoints).