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Best Radar Books
Radar PrinciplesRadar Principles by Nadav Levanon
Buy new: £105.45 / Used from: £34.12
Excellent starting point
Introduction to Radar Systems (McGraw-Hill international editions: Electrical engineering series)Introduction to Radar Systems (McGraw-Hill international editions: Electrical engineering series) by Merrill I Skolnik
Buy new: £39.89 / Used from: £30.00
The standard in the field - third edition much improved over previous ones
Introduction to Airborne Radar (Aerospace & Radar Systems)Introduction to Airborne Radar (Aerospace & Radar Systems) by George Stimson
Buy new: £81.67 / Used from: £54.39
Expensive but worth every penny - has the best graphical illustrations of how radar works
Matlab Simulations for Radar Systems DesignMatlab Simulations for Radar Systems Design by Bassem R. Mahafza
Buy new: £84.55 / Used from: £87.40
Good companion text to other books - has all the MATLAB simulations except for signal processing
Fundamentals of Radar Signal Processing (Professional Engineering)Fundamentals of Radar Signal Processing (Professional Engineering) by Mark Richards
Buy new: £42.12 / Used from: £39.81
Outstanding for going into the details of signal processing
Understanding Radar SystemsUnderstanding Radar Systems by Simon Philip Kingsley
Buy new: £60.50 / Used from: £53.55
Gives the widest overview with a practical streak - has solved exercises
Secondary Surveillance Radar (Artech House Radar Library)Secondary Surveillance Radar (Artech House Radar Library) by Michael C. Stevens
Buy new: £93.10 / Used from: £65.00
Beyond primary radar
Radar HandbookRadar Handbook by Merrill I. Skolnik
Buy new: £94.04 / Used from: £40.00
The radar "phone book" - good for reference
Understanding RadarUnderstanding Radar by Harry Cole
Buy used from: £39.94
For Air Traffic Control radars - a bit dated but still ok
Radar System Performance Modeling, Second Edition (Radar Library)Radar System Performance Modeling, Second Edition (Radar Library) by G.Richard Curry
Buy new: £84.55 / Used from: £122.41
Has Excell macros on the cd rom - nice as companion to theory texts
Radar Principles (A Wiley-Interscience publication)Radar Principles (A Wiley-Interscience publication) by Peyton Z. Peebles
Buy new: £123.50 / Used from: £72.00
The most detailed, very readable but too expensive
Radar System Analysis and Modeling (Artech House Radar Library)Radar System Analysis and Modeling (Artech House Radar Library) by David K. Barton
Buy new: £88.35 / Used from: £104.24
Latest edition of a classic reference - has MathCad cdrom
ELINT: The Interception and Analysis of Radar Signals (Artech House Radar Library)ELINT: The Interception and Analysis of Radar Signals (Artech House Radar Library) by Richard G. Wiley
Buy new: £77.90 / Used from: £106.68
Analysing radar signals - quite a good book
Radar SignalsRadar Signals by Nadav Levanon
Buy new: £80.28 / Used from: £73.30
Modern view of important topic
Advanced Engineering ElectromagneticsAdvanced Engineering Electromagnetics by Constantine A. Balanis
Buy new: £130.15 / Used from: £64.99
For the grounding in electromagnetics that you need to understand radar
Introduction to RF PropagationIntroduction to RF Propagation by John S. Seybold
Buy new: £61.28 / Used from: £70.82
ANother important aspect that you must understand to grasp radar
Practical Simulation of Radar Antennas and Radomes (Antennas & Propagation Library)Practical Simulation of Radar Antennas and Radomes (Antennas & Propagation Library) by Herbert Hirsch
Buy new: £61.75 / Used from: £39.55
Radar antennas, plus the only book talking about radomes in detail