Nuclear Fusion By Inertial Confinement: A Comprehensive Treatise provides a comprehensive analysis of directly driven inertial confinement fusion. All important aspects of the process are covered, including scientific considerations that support the concept, lasers and particle beams as drivers, target fabrication, analytical and numerical calculations, and materials and engineering considerations. Authors from Australia, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, Spain and the US have contributed to the volume, making it an internationally significant work.