{"id":156093,"date":"2021-02-18T12:49:10","date_gmt":"2021-02-18T17:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/?p=156093"},"modified":"2021-02-25T11:35:49","modified_gmt":"2021-02-25T16:35:49","slug":"blakemore-pens-editorial-on-general-macarthur-for-great-lives-lecture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/2021\/02\/18\/blakemore-pens-editorial-on-general-macarthur-for-great-lives-lecture\/","title":{"rendered":"Blakemore Pens Editorial on General MacArthur for &#8216;Great Lives&#8217; Lecture"},"content":{"rendered":"<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><div id=\"attachment_156094\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-156094\" class=\"size-full wp-image-156094\" src=\"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/Porter-Blakemore-150x150-1.jpg\" alt=\"Professor of Modern European History and Military History Porter Blakemore\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/Porter-Blakemore-150x150-1.jpg 150w, https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/Porter-Blakemore-150x150-1-70x70.jpg 70w, https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/Porter-Blakemore-150x150-1-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/Porter-Blakemore-150x150-1-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/Porter-Blakemore-150x150-1-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\"><p id=\"caption-attachment-156094\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Professor of Modern European History and Military History Porter Blakemore<\/p><\/div><p>Professor of Modern European History and Military History Porter Blakemore, a former naval officer and aviator, penned an editorial in <em>The Free Lance-Star<\/em> newspaper in advance of his &ldquo;Great Lives&rdquo; lecture on General Douglas MacArthur on Feb. 18. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/lecture\/douglas-macarthur-2\/\">View the lecture here<\/a>.<\/p><div class=\"lee-article-text first-p\">\n<p><em>DOUGLAS MacArthur is one of the most famous American military officers of the first half of the 20th century. As a young brigadier general in 1918, he was poised for a distinguished future that held great promise.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"lee-article-text\">\n<p><em>Yet his potential produced enigmatic success and failure in the career that followed. Today, while some historians consider him one of the great captains of history, others disparage his accomplishments.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"lee-article-text\">\n<p><em>The truth falls somewhere in the middle.<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/fredericksburg.com\/opinion\/great-lives-macarthur-was-the-best---and-worst---of-american-generals\/article_1eea954e-e736-5c02-967d-8e6dffd07d75.html\">Read more.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professor of Modern European History and Military History Porter Blakemore, a former naval officer and aviator, penned an editorial in The Free Lance-Star newspaper in advance of his &ldquo;Great Lives&rdquo; lecture on General Douglas MacArthur on Feb. 18. View the lecture here. 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