France's new prime minister Dominique de Villepin's most important speeches, writings and interviews are collected here, including his historic address to the United Nations on the eve of the Iraq war, along with his writings on terrorism, the European Union, France and multilateralism, and the future of the UN-making this an important document for students of international politics.
With contributions from some of the world's leading intellectuals, such as Norman Mailer, Susan Sontag, Carlos Fuentes, Mario Vargas Llosa, Bernard-Henri Levy, and Tzetan Todorov.