In 1991 David Owen published Time to Declare, following it four years later with Balkan Odyssey. This edition distills the best from both books to provide a gripping autobiographical account. It covers his childhood and student years; his time as a young doctor and his election to Parliament; his appointment as a junior minister and then as the youngest ever Foreign Secretary; his audacious attempt to 'break the mould' of two-party politics with the formation of the SDP; and his tireless striving as European negotiator to bring peace to the former Yugoslavia. Revised and updated, this book reminds us that David Owen was one of the most compelling and controversial figures in twentieth century British politics and it is a fitting addition to the Politico's Great Statesmen Series.