| The Red Napoleon | |
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Dust-jacket from the first edition |
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| Author(s) | Floyd Gibbons |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Alternate history |
| Publisher | Cape & Smith |
| Publication date | 1929 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 223 pp |
| ISBN | NA |
The Red Napoleon (1929) is a novel by Floyd Gibbons predicting a Soviet conquest of Europe and invasion of America. The novel contains strong racial overtones such as the yellow peril.
The Red Napoleon was published in 1929 and projects the next few years. In it, Stalin is killed by an assassin in 1932. A Red Army leader takes over and starts a massive military buildup. In 1933 the Red Army invades Poland." [1]
Ironically a June 17, 1966 article in a Time magazine labelled Vo Nguyen Giap "The Red Napoleon". While considered a military genius and both a yellow man and a "mongoloid", Giap was hardly the world conqueror imagined in the novel. [2] [3]