Books: Anchor for the Pacific

JOURNEY TO THE FAR PACIFIC (335 pp.)—Thomas E. Dewey—Doubleday ($4).

In the summer of 1951, Governor Thomas E. Dewey put aside his chores at Albany and flew off on a rugged (41,000 miles, 17 countries), educative tour of the Far Pacific. His book about the trip, Journey to the Far Pacific, a Book-of-the-Month Club selection, is published this week.

For a U.S. politician, it is a unique effort, a lively narrative that is also diligently informative and discerning. As a student of foreign policy, Dewey has enriched his understanding with some impressive firsthand knowledge of...