How France's Hollande transformed to 'chief of war'

November 17, 2015 16:10

Franois Hollande's historic Versailles speech -- in which he hammered home that France was "at war' and promised to "eradicate terrorism' -- was the most martial performance he has ever given. It marked the completion of an intriguing transformation that has taken place over several years: of the socialist who was once derided as a soft, conflict-avoidant, blancmange-like "marshmallow' into a self-styled "chief of war'.

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