Technical and Military Imperatives: A Radar History of World War 2

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CRC Press, Jan 1, 1999 - Technology & Engineering - 580 pages
Technical and Military Imperatives: A Radar History of World War II is a coherent account of the history of radar in the second World War. Although many books have been written on the early days of radar and its role in the war, this book is by far the most comprehensive, covering ground, air, and sea operations in all theatres of World War II. The author manages to synthesize a vast amount of material in a highly readable, informative, and enjoyable way. Of special interest is extensive new material about the development and use of radar by Germany, Japan, Russia, and Great British. The story is told without undue technical complexity, so that the book is accessible to specialists and nonspecialists alike.
 

Contents

PRELIMINARIES
1
12 ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
6
13 PERCEPTIONS OF AIR POWER 19191939
11
14 NAVIGATION IN 1939
19
15 ANTIAIRCRAFT ARTILLERY 19141939
23
PRELIMINARIES
30
ORIGINS
33
22 BEGINNINGS 19021934
40
63 AN AIR WAR OF ATTRITION
294
64 ARBEITSGEMEINSCHAFT ROTTERDAM
304
65 THE DESTRUCTION OF GERMAN CITIES COMPLETED
311
RADAR FOR AA ARTILLERY
320
ALLIED VICTORY IN SIGHT
327
72 RADAR IN ARCTIC WATERS
340
73 THE MEDITERRANEAN 19431945
345
74 JAPANESE SHIPPING DESTROYED
351

23 BRITAIN BUILDS AN AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM
49
24 AMERICANS AND GERMANS BUILD PROTOTYPES
64
25 FIVE OTHER NATIONS
83
AIR WARNINGEUROPE
92
FIRST CLASHES
97
32 THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN AND THE BLITZ
105
33 THE ATLANTIC 1941
118
34 FRIEND FOE OR HOME?
127
35 THE JAPANESE REALIZE THEY ARE BEHIND
133
AIR WARNINGPACIFIC
139
NEW IDEAS
143
42 THE TIZARD MISSION
157
43 THE RADIATION LABORATORY
162
44 THE PROXIMITY FUZETHE SMALLEST RADAR2
170
45 GREATER AND LESSER MICROWAVE SETS
182
LAND AND NAVAL FIGHTER CONTROL
194
YEARS OF ALLIED DESPAIR AND HOPE
201
52 WAR IN THE PACIFIC
211
53 THE CHANNEL 1942
220
54 CARRIER WARFARE DEFINED
231
55 THE SOUTH PACIFIC 1942
242
56 THE EASTERN FRONT
258
NAVAL RADAR
264
THE GREAT RADAR WAR
273
62 COUNTERMEASURES
284
75 THE WIDE PACIFIC
359
AIRBORNE RADAR
374
THE END IN EUROPE
378
82 FLYING BOMBS
384
83 THE BATTLEFIELD TRANSFORMED
390
84 POSTMORTEM
395
TUBES
401
THE END IN ASIA
403
92 THE DESTRUCTION OF JAPANESE CITIES
412
THE MEASURE OF RADAR
419
102 SCIENCE AND THE ELECTRONIC AGE
425
103 SECRECY AND THE TECHNICAL IMPERATIVE
436
104 AN EVALUATION
448
A FEW RADAR ESSENTIALS
458
A2 REFLECTED SIGNALS
460
A3 ANTENNAS
461
A4 LOBES
463
A6 THE YAGI ANTENNA
465
A8 TRANSMITTERS
467
NOTES AND SOURCES
471
BIBLIOGRAPHY
516
NAME INDEX
525
SUBJECT INDEX
536
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