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504. The French Revolution: War to the Death (Part 2)

2024/10/16
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Pierre Véniaux: 1792年初，韦尼亚向立法议会发表热情洋溢的演讲，呼吁对奥地利宣战，认为法国人民不应该屈服于外国暴君，应该为捍卫国家荣誉和自由而战。他谴责奥地利对法国的干涉和阴谋，并激昂地号召人民拿起武器，保卫革命成果。 Tom和Dominic: 吉伦特派是主张战争的政治派别，他们发动的战争将彻底改变法国大革命的进程，并重塑欧洲地图，造成数百万人的死亡。他们认为战争能够团结法国人民，恢复经济，并最终实现国内和平。 Jacques-Pierre Brissot: 布里索是吉伦特派的领导人物，他认为战争是必要的，因为它能够团结法国人民，恢复经济，并最终实现国内和平。他巧妙地将民族主义与普遍主义结合起来，宣称法国的战争是为全人类的自由而战。 Maximilien Robespierre: 罗伯斯庇尔强烈反对战争，他认为战争会危及革命，并可能导致独裁统治的出现。他认为战争的真正敌人并非外部的，而是内部的，应该先解决内部矛盾，再考虑对外战争。 Madame Roland: 罗兰夫人试图说服罗伯斯庇尔支持战争，但失败了，这反映了当时法国政治的极度两极分化。 Antoine Barnard: 费扬派认为有限的战争能够稳定局势，并提升国王的声望。 Lafayette: 拉法耶特希望通过战争来提升自己的声望和地位。 Louis XVI和Marie Antoinette: 路易十六和玛丽·安托瓦内特出于各自的目的，都希望战争爆发，但他们的想法和预期都存在偏差，最终导致了灾难性的后果。 Dumouriez: 杜穆里埃被任命为外交部长，他认为对奥地利的战争将是一场轻松的胜利，这体现了他对战争形势的错误判断。

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The episode explores the complex motivations behind France's declaration of war on Austria in 1792, including internal political factions, economic pressures, and ideological crusades.
  • The Gironde faction's call for war against Austria in early 1792.
  • The fusion of classical and Christian ideologies in the revolutionary tradition.
  • The role of émigrés and the perceived threat from Austria.
  • Brissot's strategy to undermine the monarchy and force the king's exposure.
  • The impact of the Pilnitz Declaration and the growing sense of inevitability for war.

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“You have shaken off the yoke of your despots, but surely this was not to bend the knee before a foreign tyrant…”

It’s January 1792, and one of the largest factions in revolutionary France, the Gironde, is calling for war against Austria. The French people’s hatred of Marie Antoinette has always fuelled suspicion of the Austrians, and at the same time, there has been constant, treacherous correspondence between the French royal family and their European cousins. And so, when one of the prominent members of the Gironde calls to arms in early 1792, little does he realise that the war he wants will haunt Europe for the next 25 years, totally redrawing its map, and costing millions of lives…

Join Tom and Dominic in part two of our second season of the French Revolution, as they dive into the first of many wars to come between Revolutionary France and its European rivals.

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