How would Napoleon's life have been had he escaped to America post-Waterloo?

[darthfanta]

Aww, poor oppressed Nappylovers.....

I was wrong about the XYX affair. Whoops!

And, TFSmith121l, I meant Madison might decide Nnppy's too dangerous because he might try a coup here, not be scared of the Europe he beat.

How the heck is Nappy going to stage a coup in the US?

 

[Dathi THorfinnsson]

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[Saphroneth]

How the heck is Nappy going to stage a coup in the US?

He staged a coup in another democracy of about the same age, and indeed staged a coup in a recently restored monarchy. He may not actually be ABLE to stage one in the US, but the powers-that-be may be scared of him being able to do so - perception and reality differ here.

 

[augwhite]

How the heck is Nappy going to stage a coup in the US?

The key might be a slightly different outcome of his meeting with Aaron Burr in 1811, leading to some kind of continuing relationship. Burr (probably) had well-developed ideas on how to do this-- or at least on how to detach part of the U.S. Also, I vaguely recall that CS Forester had Hornblower foiling a moderately believable plot to land the escaped Napoleon at New Orleans. That might provide a number of logistical details.

 

[Tibi088]

The holy alliance thought about restoring Latin America to the spaniards -they were generally against any rebellion. British opposition was important in their decision not to try it. During the greek rebellion they thought about helping the ottomans because they saw it as a rebellion against the rightful ruler. What i mean is if britain treatens the USA he wont be alone in doing so. And if the USA doesnt give in in the face of the whole of EU (i dont see any reason they wouldnt) than they wont only face the british alone as well.

 

[Driftless]

I was listening to NPR (All Things Considered) in the car this afternoon, and they ran about a 3-4 minute interview with Professor Munro Price, the author of "Napoleon: the End of Glory".
The gist of the interview was discussing the possibility of Napoleon escaping to the US following Waterloo. According to the Professor, Napoleon had done some homework about that possibility, but the thought of being smuggled out of France (i.e. in a brandy barrel) was beyond the Emperor's tolerance. The professor went on the opine that IF Napoleon had made it to the US, his initial thought was to become a gentleman farmer, or scientist , classifying and mapping the continents flora & fauna.

Prof. Price also presented the thought that any sitting US President would likely view Napoleon as an ongoing threat to cause some considerable level of trouble.

 

[Paranoid Alaskan]

Hitler because he also couped his way to power. And invaded his way to power. And, hmmm, was mostly beaten by invading Russia and their General Winter. He even massacred way too much.

There was an incident where Nappy Sneezed and his solders thought he said "Massacre them all" to a question about what to do with a bunch of prisoners...