Originally published in 1889, George Washington is the first volume in a series of biographies of the Founding Fathers and succeeding generations of like-minded Americans to be reissued. This is a welcome opportunity to remind this generation of leaders of the great story of liberty. In an age when politicians abound but statesmen are all too rare, Henry Cabot Lodge's portrayal of Washington is timelier than ever. According to the majority of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century historians, the most remarkable event during America's founding era did not take place on battlefields, during the course of the great constitutional debates, or in the midst of diplomatic negotiations with European powers. It occurred instead when the field commander of the Continental army--Gen. George Washington--surrendered his commission to congressional authorities at Annapolis in a humble demonstration of what it means to be a leader who serves the nation instead of himself. At the time, Washington was the idol of the country and his soldiers. The army was unpaid, and the veteran troops, well-armed and fresh from their victory at Yorktown, were eager to have him take control of the disordered country. Some wanted to make him a king. Others thought to make him a dictator--like Cromwell had been a century earlier in England. It was clear to all that Washington was "first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen."

1917. A collection of Lodge's speeches delivered before the Senate and other audiences during the two-year period between 1915-1917. A conservative Republican Representative and Senator from Massachusetts, Lodge formed a close alliance with Theodore Roosevelt. Despite his reputation as a conservative Lodge was by no means isolationist. In favor of war with Spain, Lodge also favored the acquisition of the Philippines. Suspicious and contemptuous of Wilson's peace policies, Lodge welcomed U.S. involvement in the First World War, while remaining (as chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations) highly critical of Wilson's prosecution of the war. Contents: Mexico; Force and Peace; France; Address at the Unveiling of the Soldiers' Monument; American Rights; National Defense; Armed Merchantmen; Washington's Policies of Neutrality and National Defense; Address at the Opening and Dedication of the New Buildings of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Address at the Unveiling of the Lafayette Statue; The Policies of the Present Administration; Speech Before the Harvard Republican Club; The Peace Not of the President; Address at the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of St. John's Church; The President's Plan for a World Peace; On the Severance of Diplomatic Relations with Germany; The Failure of the Executive to Vindicate American Rights; and War with Germany. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.