Ep 192: Raymond Jonas on Europe’s War on the Monroe Doctrine (~165 years ago)

Raymond Jonas, Jon Bridgman Endowed Professor in History at the University of Washington and author of Habsburgs on the Rio Grande: The Rise and Fall of the Second Mexican Empire , joins the show to discuss a failed-but-spectacular 19th Century attempt by European powers to undermine the Monroe Doctrine. ▪️ Times • 01:42 Introduction • 03:31 Transatlantic relations • 05:20 Europe distracted • 08:39 Secession and unrest • 12:46 Maximillian I • 17:55 Continental powers • 20:01 Britain, France and Spain • 26:13 What the Americans did right • 28:23 Napoleon III • 30:09 Mexico and the Confederacy • 35:20 Slavery adjacent • 38:46 What went wrong • 42:07 Benito Juarez • 44:33 Maximillian’s execution • 46:20 European alarm Follow along on Instagram, X @schoolofwarpod , and YouTube @SchoolofWarPodcast Find a transcript of today’s episode on our School of War Substack