Abstract: Ceramic Armour Materials by Design is a collation of papers that were presented at the Ceramic Armour Materials by Design Symposium held under the auspices of the American Ceramic Society's International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Glass, November 4-8, 2001 in Wailea, Maui Hawaii. Effectively, this book is the symposium proceedings. Each paper has been edited by a collection of eminent researchers who are involved in the study of terminal ballistics. Because it is simply a collection of scientific papers it is certainly is not the sort of book that makes for ideal bed-side reading, neither is it the sort of book that I would expect to find on many coffee tables around the world. However, if you are interested in the development of ceramic armour systems to be used in the protection of personnel, VIP vehicles, lightweight armoured fighting vehicles and heavy armour then this book should be on your office bookshelf or, at the very least, in your departmental library! The reason the symposium and hence this publication is outlined in the preface