I know nothing about the topic, but it immediately cries 'interesting'. What operations does it cover?
From what I can tell, it describes the recce of enemy held areas on the east banks of the Irrawaddy River, as the 14th Army prepare for the re-invasion of Burma. I read an article a few years back explaining the same type of recce in the Akyab region of the Arakan. Will report back when I've read it through CF.
Amazon's pricing is bizarre. Saw something from Mushroom I fancied on a whim for £9.01, new. 1 copy left. (RRP £20) Ordered it, then decided things/whims getting silly so cancelled. It immediately pops up as back in stock - at £20, and a day later has dropped to c.£16. Now faintly fascinated to see if it falls back to the original price. It seems to be a different variant of the algorithmic pricing that sometimes sees quite mundane books listed by marketplace sellers at thousands of erroneous pounds. Wondering if the official Amazon version adjusts for lack of interest. Not a particularly common 'impactful' or successful book. Sort of specialist boring.
I've seen the official Amazon sale of an in-print paperback drop to ten and then five-ish quid for the last copy they have in stock, and then it jumped back up to twenty-two quid once that last copy was sold. Presumably, they factor in the cost of ordering or something.
Nice pick up Steve, sits On my bookshelf read it a few years ago and from memory it does offer up a good angle on a lesser touched upon Burma subject.
Hi Jason, I remember from a while back that you had a copy, it has taken me that long to get round to grabbing a copy for myself (at a sensible price).
I know, right?!? It only goes for... (checking abebooks) wait a second, there's a store here in Toronto with a copy of the first edition? Never seen them advertise before on abebooks!!! Whooosh!
It is all a little DFS-y, isn't it. Though 20% off is real. Some already cheap books are currently silly cheap.