Scandal 28: The XYZ Affair
Apr 28, 2020•45 min•Ep. 27
Episode description
In the late 1790s, President John Adams sent three American envoys to Paris to negotiate with France's foreign minister in hopes of avoiding the slippery slope to war. But the result of such diplomatic brinkmanship yielded grave consequences.
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