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Quarks, Gluons and Lattices (Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics)

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This is a dated book (look at the copyright date). This is also an action-packed book. A simple comparison of the page count with (e.g.) Rothe's Lattice Gauge Theories will indicate that Cruetz's treatment is terse and dense. Yet it is surprisingly broad. Come prepared with a good understanding of QFT and statistical physics, and a willingness to supplement this text with others.

The key point is that Creutz is still the definitive reference on LGT. If you already know LGT, then presumably you own this book.

If you don't already know LGT and want to learn it, you should own this book, and probably Rothe as well (Rothe's treatment is much more explicit and easier to follow, if also much longer) or some other companion like Montvay/Munster or Smit. If you only want to buy one book on LGT, then (and only then) I would not suggest Creutz--you can find out the basics from hep-lat and (e.g.) Rothe.

While relatively hard to read and using
some unique notation,
this is a master work and a reference in
quantum physics using Keneth G. Wilson's Lattice theory
formulation to illuminate.
The references have been very useful to me over the years as well.