General Principles -- The History and Basic Principles of Radar -- Initial Statements of OperationalRequirements -- The RADAR Equation -- Propagation -- Noise and Spurious Signals -- Detection of Point Targets -- Target Detection and Tracking -- Clutter Cancellation -- Air-to-Air Detection -- Air Target Tracking -- Ground Target Detection and Tracking -- Maritime Target Detection and Tracking -- Electromagnetic Pollution -- Ground Mapping and Imagery -- Ground Mapping -- Radar Imagery -- Synthetic Aperture Radar -- Synthetic Aperture Radar Specific Aspects -- Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar (ISAR) -- Other Observation Radars -- Principal Applications -- Radar Applications and Roles -- Design Overview -- Multifunction Radar -- Technological Aspects -- Radars of the Future -- The Changing Target -- Operational Aspects -- Principal Limitations of Present-day Radars -- Electronically Steered Antennas -- Airborne and Spaceborne Radar Enhancement -- Conclusions -- List of Acronyms -- List of Symbols -- Bibliography -- About the Authors -- Index.