![]() The gameplay is designed to be something of a chess match. ![]() Fair enough, and in theory this would be a reasonable design decision, except that the strategic elements don't work well at all. You don't have pin-point precision aiming, as Earned in Blood sways you to rely just as much on strategy as you do on headshots. Now granted, the action-oriented segments of the game can't exactly stand on their own without the strategic elements, and that's by design. The problem is, neither its first-person shooter nor strategic elements pay off very well on the PlayStation 2 version of the game, nor does their sum equal anything greater than the total of its parts, which is quite lower than we'd ever expected. SENS Senior Instructor in the Department of Political Science and Chair of the International Relations Program at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada NINA TANNENWALD Joukowsky Family Assistant Research Professor at the Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University, Providence, USA RAMESH THAKUR Vice Rector of the United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan JENNIFER WELSH is University Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Oxford, UK.Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood is the essential sequel to Road to Hill 30, and yet again combines strategic elements with action-oriented gameplay. LUCK is Director of the Center on International Organization and Professor of Practice in International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, New York, USA ANDREW MACK Director of the Human Security Center at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada ALLEN G. ANDY KNIGHT Professor in the Department of Political Science and the McCalla research Professor at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada KEITH KRAUSE Professor at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, Switzerland JOANNE LEE Australian lawyer and is currently in a PhD programme, Faculty of Law, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada GIL LOESCHER Senior Fellow for Forced Displacement and International Security at The International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, UK and Research Associate at Queen Elizabeth House, Oxford University, UK EDWARD C. He is currently Political Affairs Officer in the Africa Division of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations at United Nations Headquarters, New York, USA W. KHAN Has been working for the United Nations since 1995. ![]() JOB Professor of Political Science and Director of the Centre of International Relations at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada ASIF R. LLOYD AXWORTHY Director and CEO of the Liu Institute for Global Issues at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada KATHRYN FURLONG PhD student at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada in the Department of Political Science and a Research Associate with the International Peace Research Institutes (Oslo) Conditions of War and Peace Program FEN OSLER HAMPSON Professor and Director of the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada BRIAN L. It should be read by all concerned with the future of the United Nations." - David Malone, President, International Peace Academy It challenges us to think clearly and critically about the various roles of the United Nations in reducing conflict and violence. "This very high-quality book offers much more than the sum of its parts. Weiss, Presidential Professor and Director, Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, The CUNY Graduate Center They remind us that while the UN clearly has not eliminated the scourge of war, it certainly has helped dampen violence, control arms, deliver aid to war victims, and prevent conflicts." - Thomas G. ![]() The contributors are committed multilateralists who do not shy away from portraying the harsh realities of the world organization, warts and all. "This collection of essays does justice to the complexities of the United Nations and the problématique of global security. The systematic analysis of what the UN has and has not been able to accomplish - and why - generates, for all students of the UN, a more realistic understanding of what we might reasonably expect of it in the future." - Michael Barnett, University of Wisconsin, Madison "This highly timely, first-rate volume provides a comprehensive, clear-eyed, and sober assessment of the past, present, and future roles of the United Nations in global security.
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