New book about CAP

[MacGruff]

I just came across a new paperback book published very recently (30 June 2013) and available at Amazon for a very expensive $50.  The title is:

"Civil Air Patrol: Organization and Homeland Security Role (Defense, Security and Strategies) "

Has anyone here read this book, or participated in writing it and can maybe give us an idea of what its innards are?

Thanks,

[jimmydeanno]

Sounds more like a Masters' Thesis than an actual "book." 

[sardak]

Here's the table of contents from the publisher's website. Looks to me like you pay $52 list ($46.80 with 10% publisher discount) for three documents that you can get for free.
https://www.novapublishers.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=38776

Table of Contents:
Preface pp. i-ix

Organization and Function of the Civil Air Patrol
(United States Air Force)pp. 1-50

Homeland Security: Civil Air Patrol Involved in Certain Missions, but DHS Should Assess the Benefits of Further Involvement
(GAO)pp. 51-78

Civil Air Patrol – U.S. Air Force: Factsheet
(United States Air Force)pp. 79-84

Index pp. 85-90

Mike

[RiverAux]

A pretty common tactic these days...

[Alaric]

You can get the GAO report for free here

http://www.gao.gov/assets/650/649765.pdf

[ProdigalJim]

Holy Rip-Off, Batman!

Unbelievable that people do that, and even more incredible that people buy it.

Sometimes I wish I were unethical... 

[Eclipse]

Not new, either - Pub'ed last Nov.

[MacGruff]

Not new, either - Pub'ed last Nov.

hmm...  The date for publication that I saw on Amazon was June 30th of this year.

[Eclipse]

Not new, either - Pub'ed last Nov.

hmm...  The date for publication that I saw on Amazon was June 30th of this year.

Yes, but the reports they based on are dated last year.

[MacGruff]

hmm...  The date for publication that I saw on Amazon was June 30th of this year.
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Yes, but the reports they based on are dated last year.
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Oh, well, that makes sense. It took some time to get the report and put it together in the package that is currently being sold.

[Eclipse]

Oh, well, that makes sense. It took some time to get the report and put it together in the package that is currently being sold.

There's a lot of that of that out there, and services that sell user manuals and similar which can be
download for free direct from the internet, etc. eBay is chock full of that kind of stuff.