Episode 02: Q2-1792 - War!

1792. April, May, June: three months in which the French Revolutionary Wars begin in earnest… the Haitian Slave Revolt takes a turn for the worse… and Russian forces intent on crushing the Poles begin rolling westwards towards Warsaw. This is episode two of the Napoleonic Quarterly, and swords are being unsheathed across the European mainland.

[08:00] - Rafe Blaufarb on the state of the French military as the Revolution goes to war

[26:43] - Christy Pichichero on the Haitian Slave Revolt and how the French colony of Saint Domingue was plunged into turmoil

[48:29] - Adam Zamoyski on the crisis in eastern Europe leading to the Russo-Polish War of 1792

And throughout, Charles Esdaile and Alexander Mikaberidze offer their commentary and expert analysis on the overall situation.

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