The Yellow Peril

by Revilo P. Oliver

Revilo P. Oliver's review of Japan and China and the menace they pose to the West.

Paperback

First published January 1, 2005

About the author

American professor of Classical philology, Spanish, and Italian at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, who wrote and polemicized extensively for White Nationalist causes and was a fervent Holocaust denier.

He blamed Pearl Harbor on "diseased and part Jewish monster called Roosevelt" (who wasn't Jewish at all).

Oliver also briefly received national notoriety in the 1960s when he claimed that Lee Harvey Oswald and the JFK assasination was a part of a Communist conspiracy against the USA.

A pseudonym used by Revilo was Ralph Perier for The Jews Love Christianity and Religion and Race.

Reviews

[Anya Leninjav · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is not hysterical. Oliver was certainly a racialist and no fan of multi-ethnic societies or mass immigration, but this book is more reasoned, methodical and historical than 90% of the open borders Progressive nonsense written today.

Some people find the language 'offensive' but I don't care.

One thing that militates against Oliver's thesis, however, is that East Asian populations seem to be leveling off. Meanwhile Southeast Asia - with the exception of its Chinese minorities - are so poor, religiously conservative and backward as to be irrelevant in global affairs.

I have no doubt that the 'orientals' (I am a Mongol myself, by birth) will eventually force the Atlantic powers such as the USA to step-down their meddling in the region but I seriously doubt that we will ever take over the Western hemisphere.

[Nathaniel Westermann · Rating 4 out of 5]

A devilishly racialist piece distinguished by its author's acerbic wit. While there's not a terrible lot of historical value contained herein, it features more than a few astonishing Oliverian insights into the human racial psyche -- and, true to its author's background in classical philology, manages to turn a phrase with great aplomb. For a short read, this one's pretty damn good. Recommend.

[Radu · Rating 3 out of 5]

Despite the provocative title worthy of the polemic style that Revilo P. Oliver was known in his life, this book is not quite as crazy as one might expect on first viewing.

The tone of the book, whilst unquestionably acidic, is both reasoned and accusatory, stemming its argumentation from the historical interactions both Japan and China had with the West starting around the 16th century to the modern era. Everything from trade agreements, religious persecution, tourism and armed conflicts are put into perspective, including several anecdotal stories.

Looking at the claims made in the book in retrospect, it is clear to see that Oliver's expectations of mass immigration of the populations of China and Japan to the West turned out to be wrong and that the populations of both countries have started reaching a plateau and will likely continue to decline, whether due to China's restrictive policy on children or due to the excesses of modernity proving many disincentives to having a family in Japan.

An interesting read, but not the best example of Revilo P. Oliver's work and not really something I'd recommend for the easily offended.

[Friedrich Mencken · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting information that unfortunately is obscured by the use of bad language not worthy a man of Dr. Oliver's intellect.