V. I.

Lenin

INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK BY JOHN REED: TEN DAYS THAT SHOOK THE WORLD

INTRODUCTION TO THE AMERICAN EDITION

With the greatest interest and with never slackening attention I read John Reed’s book, Ten Days That Shook the World . Unreservedly do I recommend it to the workers
of the world. Here is a book which I should like to see
published in millions of copies and translated into all languages.
It gives a truthful and most vivid exposition of the events
so significant to the comprehension of what really is the
Proletarian Revolution and the Dictatorship of the
Proletariat. These problems are widely discussed, but before
one can accept or reject these ideas, he must understand
the full significance of his decision. John Reed’s book will
undoubtedly help to clear this question, which is the fundamental problem of the international labor movement.

Nikolai Lenin

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