blakemore came to mary washington. he taught for two years at james madison university and worked for one year as a research historian for the national park service. at mary washington. he has taught many courses including military history european diplomatic history of germany western civilization europe since 1945 as well as two seminars of the great war and on nazi, germany. professor blakemore took students to europe on 22 occasions 20 of them for a very popular course. title european capitals dr. blakemore has spoken several times in great lives previously delivering commendable lectures on bismarck and george's patent it's a pleasure to welcome back to the great live series professor porter, blakemore. you good evening, and welcome to douglas macarthur. before i begin i would like to offer a couple of thank-yous first. i would like to thank the sponsor of this talk caldwell banker elite elite their support is much appreciated. and secondly, i would like to thank bill crawley who's involvement in the great lives l