David Andrews was appointed Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs under Jack Lynch's government in 1977. However, as a vocal critic of Charles Haughey, he was confined to the backbenches during Haughey's 13-year period as leader. Nevertheless, he maintained his legal practice during these years and returned to government under first Albert Reynolds in 1992 and then as Minister for Foreign Affairs under Bertie Ahern's new government in 1997. Now in this highly personal and long-awaited memoir, he looks back at his tussles with Haughey, his role in focusing American and UN attention on Somalia and his account of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998. His recollections of his campaign on behalf of the Birmingham Six will offer new angles on that miscarriage of justice. Coming hot on the heels of a major General Election, this is surely the political memoir of the year!