An Introduction to the Confinement Problem

From the reviews:

The author presumably realized that, with not much effort and starting from those notes, he could write a diluted and more accessible version expanding and updating the material. This excellent book on confinement is the result. . . . This is indeed a very good book. I enjoyed reading it and I learned a lot from it. It is definitely a research book that provides readers with a guide to the most updated confinement models. (Giuseppe Nardelli, Mathematical Reviews, Issue 2012 d)

This volume gives both a pedagogical and a concise, correct introduction along with an overview of the main ideas involved in such an important area, their fascinating features as well as some limitations. The book is beautifully produced with special emphasis on the relevance of center symmetry and lattice formulation as well as an introduction to current research on confinement. (Paninjukunnath Achuthan, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1217, 2011)