This foreword deals exclusively with the planning, organization, and
execution of the Workshop's scientific as well as cultural programs. It
is opened with a synopsis on how the global political changes that
occurred immediately after the Workshop caused the elay in producing the
proceedings, followed by a brief exposition on need, timeliness, and
importance of this second ARW in the field of electromagnetic imaging,
radar remote sensing, and target versus clutter di rimination; and an
outline of the objectives. An informal discussion about some of the
organizational details, a retrospective summary of events, and a preview
of the third workshop, planned for 1993 September 19-25, is intended to
recapture the spirit of this second NATO Advanced Research Workshop
(1988 September 18-24), and will reveal how successful it was in compar-
ison to the first of 1983 September 18-24, how its accomplishments may
be appreciated and why a third and last workshop was requested by its
participants to take place during 1993 September 19-25.