By Alan Guebert In March 1919, John Reed, an American journalist, published Ten Days that Shook the World, his eyewitness book on one of the new century's most defining events, the Russian Revolution. Eighty years later, Reed's groundbreaking work was still shaking the world. New York University ranked it seventh on its list of the 20th century's 100 most consequential works. The reason for its high position, the university noted, was "the magnitude of the event being reported on ..." In 60 or so days, American voters face an event of similar magnitude; Election Day, Nov...
