The Interaction of High‎-Power Lasers with Plasmas provides a thorough self‎-contained discussion of the physical processes occurring in laser‎-plasma interactions‎,‎ including a detailed review of the relevant plasma and laser physics‎.‎ The book analyzes laser absorption and propagation‎,‎ electron transport‎,‎ and the relevant plasma waves in detail‎.‎ It also discusses the physics of the electric and magnetic fields in a laser‎-induced plasma medium‎,‎ laser‎-induced shock waves‎,‎ rarefaction waves‎,‎ heat waves‎,‎ and the related hydrodynamic instabilities ‎(‎Rayleigh‎-Taylor‎,‎ Richtmyer‎-Meshkov‎,‎ and Kelvin‎-Helmholtz‎)‎‎.‎ A pedagogical presentation‎,‎ the book addresses the basic physics issues from first principles‎,‎ using simple models wherever appropriate‎.‎ The coverage provides a foundation on which the graduate student can build an understanding of the past and present research in this field‎.‎ For the experienced researcher‎,‎ the book is a comprehensive and useful presentation of laser‎-plasma interactions‎.‎