Chiefly the transcript of the CBS thirteen-part radio series, One world flight, that first aired in January,1947; provides a perspective of Corwin's travels to 37 countries in 1946, in the immediate post-World War era.

Includes index.

Foreword / by Norman Lear -- Editors' acknowledgements -- Introduction -- One way ticket : New York to New York -- Banks of the Channel : England and France -- Peace in the North : Denmark, Norway, Sweden -- Ruined city : Warsaw -- "Why War?" : the Soviet Union -- Land of coalition : Czechoslovakia -- Friends, Romans, Egyptians : Italy and Egypt -- Nehru and others : India -- Under heaven, broken family : China -- Big Archipelagos : Japan and the Philippines -- Reverse Spring : Australia -- Operation Antipodes : New Zealand -- Hawaii, Hollywood, home -- Postscripts to One world.