For the first time in the 20th century, a chief of state - in office - talks about what he believes and what he is planning for his country. Taking an unprecedented step, the President of France sets forth his views on his nation's past, present, and future - while he is still very much in power... Giscard advocates a decentralization of governmental bureaucracy; a curbing of the nationalization of industry; government intervention in the economic sector only in emergencies; and a more highly selective propagation of social welfare programs. In the international sphere, the French President stands firmly for the Common Market and détente. [From jacket flap]
