Heh, the “Mike becomes a commie” series is his masterwork.

Pierson also does great work, I was some 200 in myself when I trailed off.

It’s a pity he didn’t carry on into Byzantine history. Though his Revolutions is also superb.

More like “tried to follow procedure, but the establishment broke it over and over to stop them until nobody had any faith in the system left”. “Storm before the storm” by Duncan is a great book covering it.