Gamer's Guide to International Relations - Hardcover

by Michael A. Allen (Author)

Ready Player One meets Foreign Affairs-everything your students need to know about international relations, like why states go to war, how people manage the global economy, and how we deal with environmental devastation, is explained in this innovative text through the lens of video games.

Author Biography

Michael A. Allen is a professor of political science in the School of Public Service at Boise State University. His books include Beyond the Wire: US Military Deployments and Host Country Public Opinion and Poli Sci Fi: An Introduction to Political Science through Science Fiction. His work focuses on conflict, asymmetry, and foreign policy with a particular interest in the positive and negative externalities of US troop deployments overseas. His research has been published in the American Political Science Review, International Studies Quarterly, Journal of Conflict Resolution, and Foreign Policy Analysis. The games he played the most while writing this book were Balatro, Helldivers 2, and Fallout 76.