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This historical study of the development of radar traces early experimentation and progress in various countries, including Japan, Germany, the United States and Great Britain. The study includes a description of anti-jamming devices used during World War II.
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A diverse collection of 40 historical summaries and personal recollections on radar research and development that concentrates on British and American efforts from about 1935 to 1945. The brief comments about deployment by the military leaders and the comments about Japanese radar research enhance this history immensely. Included are the German and private research efforts in other countries. Effective radar for military and civilian use could have been operational in the 1920s, but indifference to potential applications delayed practical deployment until 1939. Radar echo location during WW II stimulated countermeasures such as frequency jamming and false reflections, methods that helped misdirect German planes guided by radar beams over England and confused German radar during night bombing raids over Germany. More than 200 vintage photographs adorn these articles in addition to numerous drawings, schematics, charts, and data tables. Many articles have extensive references. There is a brief index. For college, high school, and public libraries. -F. Potter, University of California, Irvine
