Alan Moorehead brings drama and excitement to this fascinatingly detailed overview of "ten days that shook the world": the Russian Revolution of 1917. From the royal court to the city ghettos, Moorehead traces the people and events that shaped the revolution: the Bolshevik uprising, Lenin's radical orders, the weak Czar, and the anarchy and hunger in the streets. Though it may seem far removed from modern American life, historians say this conflict is the origin of the cold war, the arms race, the Korean War, and Hitler's military strategy.
