The Camp of the Saints After 50 Years
Written in 1973, The Camp of the Saints describes the end of the white world through mass Third World invasion. The book was controversial when published, but rereading it today is even more jarring. The dire things author Jean Raspail portrays are coming true and can be seen every day throughout Europe, the United States, Canada, Australia, and nearly every corner of the West.
The Camp of the Saints tracks the fictional journey of a million Indians from the slums of Calcutta to France aboard leaky, old boats. The West must decide how to respond. The novel is mostly about whites. The invaders are the backstory of how all elements of white society seem to have lost the ability to defend themselves despite having more than enough power to do so...
There is opposition to the invasion, but it is sporadic and unorganized...
As the landing draws nearer, many French - including the ones who voiced the most support for the armada - simply flee the country. With no one in charge, chaos ensues, and criminals are freed from prisons...
Emboldened by the refusal of the whites to defend themselves, non-whites from the entire world set out for white nations. Chinese swarm the Soviet Union... Africans descend on South Africa. Australia, the United States, and the rest of the white world are consumed in a matter of months...
The Camp of the Saints was published in English by Scribner's and reviewed favorably in the US by intellectuals such as Max Lerner and Sidney Hook. Ronald Reagan was said to have been "terribly impressed with it." Prof. Jeffrey Hart gave it a positive review in the September 26, 1975, issue of National Review:
Most people . . . are able to perceive that the "other group" looks rather different and lives rather differently from their own. Such "racist" or "ethnocentric" feelings are undoubtedly healthy, and involve merely a preference for one’s own kind. Indeed - and Raspail hammers away at this point throughout his novel - no group can long survive unless it does "prefer itself." . . . The liberal rote anathema on "racism" is in effect a poisonous assault upon Western self-preference.
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The Camp of the Saints, by Jean Raspail, The Social Contract, Volume 4, Number 2 (Winter 1993-1994).
The Camp of the Saints Revisited, by John Tanton, The Social Contract, Volume 5, Number 2 (Winter 1994-1995).
The Emergence of a 'Classic', by Wayne Lutton, The Social Contract, Volume 5, Number 2 (Winter 1994-1995).
The Traditionalism of Jean Raspail, The Social Contract, Volume 5, Number 2 (Winter 1994-1995).
Book Review of 'The Camp of the Saints' by Jean Raspail, by Carol Joyal, The Social Contract, Volume 10, Number 4 (Summer 2000).
Jean Raspail on the Friendly Responses He Has Received From the Powerful - An excerpt from the new introduction of the latest French edition, by Jean Raspail, The Social Contract, Volume 25, Number 3 (Spring 2015).
'The Camp of the Saints' Revisited - Modern critics have justified the message of a 1973 novel on mass immigration, by K.C. McAlpin, The Social Contract, Volume 27, Number 4 (Summer 2017).
On John Tanton and The Camp of the Saints, by Michelle Malkin, The Social Contract, Volume 30, Number 1 (Fall 2019).
Parable or Reality - Thirty Years after 'The Camp of the Saints', by Jean-Paul Gourevitch, The Social Contract, Volume 14, Number 2 (Winter 2003-2004).
‘Camp of the Saints’ in Real Life - Boat People Demand a Better Life in the West, by Brenda Walker, The Social Contract, Volume 22, Number 2 (Winter 2011-2012).
The Camp of the Saints, by Paul Craig Roberts, 16 November 2022.
Read The Camp of the Saints
Note: The English language version of The Camp of the Saints was subsequently published by The Social Contract, which has closed their doors. Publishing rights for the book have reverted to the original French publisher. Here are some sources for the novel:
The Camp of the Saints, by Jean Raspail, 1973 edition, Archive.org.
Camp Of The Saints Audio, Archive.org.
Download and read The Camp of the Saints, by Jean Raspail, 1973 edition, Archive.org.
Download and read The Camp of the Saints in PDF format, Vibdoc.com, 1973.
Download The Camp of the Saints, Anna's Archive, 1994.
The Camp of the Saints, Scribd.
The Camp of the Saints, Open Library.