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An Impact of Aerobic Exercises and Yoga Practices on Physical Fitness with Psychosocial Well-Being among College Women: A Statistical Analysis
Authors: Naik N Balaji , T Parasuraman
Published: February 2025

At present, physical fitness is vital for college women as it aids manage stress and improves academic performance over enhanced energy and concentration levels. Regular exercise raises a sense of community and increases self-esteem, advancing a positive body image. Whereas, Yoga and aerobic exercises are essential for supporting overall mental wellbeing and physical fitness among college women as well as elder people. They increase flexibility, improve cardiovascular health, and help to strengthen muscles, while also aiding to decrease anxiety and stress. Combining both practices raises a stable routine, which supports emotive resilience and physical energy. This study discovers the impact of aerobic exercises and yoga practices on mental well-being and physical fitness among college women. Using a quantitative technique, we conducted three statistical analyses namely linear regression, logistic regression (LR), and ridge regression (RR) of participants appealing to design aerobic and yoga programs over a semester. Data were composed over pre- and post-intervention measurements, such as physical fitness tests and psychosocial studies evaluating anxiety, stress, and complete health. The findings show that both aerobic exercises and yoga considerably help to improve physical levels of fitness, with advances well-known in cardiovascular survival, strength, and flexibility. A comparative study discovered that both types of exercise deliver extensive benefits, and yoga has shown a more distinct effects on psychosocial health. These outcomes highlight the significance of including dissimilar physical actions in college wellness programs to stimulate both mental and physical health among women.
Creating Instructional Audios to Enhance University Students’ Instruction in the midst of Large Student Numbers
Authors: Manu Jacob , Antwi Samuel
Published: February 2025

Purpose: The purpose of the current study was to investigate the creation and use of instructional audios at the institutions of higher learning in Ghana and the experiences of university students after being exposed to instructional audios based on five multimedia design principles to augment the teaching of the introduction to information and communication technology course (GPD 112, year one course) in the 2022/2023 academic year.
Methodology: With the use of segmentation, personalisation, learner-control, coherence and redundancy principles of multimedia design according to Clark and Mayer (2011), instructional audios were created and shared on students’ WhatsApp platform for them to review before the next class. After 10 weeks into the semester, over 1600 learners responded to a 15-item questionnaire.
Findings: The major findings were that: over 97.3% of university students use smartphone. Second, over 70% of students have not been exposed to the use of instructional audios in their teaching and learning process. Third, 84% of the students confirmed that the availability of the instructional audios helped them to learn meaningfully.
Unique contribution to Theory, Policy and Practice: Finally, as much as 88% of the university students indicated their willingness to recommend the use of the instructional audios to their friends. With renewed interest in instructional audios use, students can better understand their lecturers beyond the lecture halls. Other implications for practice are discussed.
Reimagining Universities through Strategic Entrepreneurship and Blue Ocean Strategy: A Theoretical Exploration
Authors: Abdelmonem Ahmed Suliman Hala
Published: February 2025

The current paper examines the possibility of developing the performance of universities in a unique and unprecedented way by combining and integrating strategic entrepreneurship, which focuses on the internal development of the university, and the Blue Ocean strategy, which focuses mainly on opening new markets and attracting unusual categories of beneficiaries. The current research sought to draw attention to the fact that the integration of both the blue ocean strategy and strategic entrepreneurship enables the exploitation of the advantages of each of them, such as control and control of the driving and obstructive forces surrounding the university to achieve a competitive advantage, which was marginal to the blue ocean strategy alone. The research also showed that there is a great opportunity for the sustainability of the university due to organizational innovations and internal harmony between structures on the one hand and individuals on the other. Therefore, the research provided a framework that can be exploited by universities to move forward steadily towards the future, taking into account the challenges that can face its application.
IoT based Fisherman Border Alert System
Authors: Dr. D. Amarnath  , Mrs. G. Renganayahi  , S. Abirami  , A. Kayalvizhi
Published: February 2025

Fishermen in Tamil Nadu, particularly those from impoverished communities, often unknowingly cross international maritime boundaries due to a lack of awareness and technical resources, leading to arrests and severe legal consequences. This situation has caused significant hardships for these fishermen and their families, who rely on fishing as their primary source of income. To solve this problem, we propose the development of a Border Alert System that uses GPS technology to track the real-time location of fishing vessels. The Proposed system will provide both audio and visual alerts when a fisherman is nearing the international maritime boundary, helping them stay within Indian waters and avoid accidentally crossing into foreign territory. Designed to be affordable, easy to use, and durable, the system will be accessible to fishermen even in remote coastal areas. This solution aims to prevent border violations, ensuring the safety and livelihoods of fishermen while reducing the legal and economic challenges they face. By offering a simple and effective way to remain within legal boundaries, the system will contribute to the well-being of coastal communities and promote stability for their families
A Research on How Digital Marketing Impact and Help for Small Businesses and Startups
Authors: Ameeth kumar R
Published: February 2025

This study investigates the impact of online and digital marketing on the performance of small businesses. Utilizing the Pearson-product moment correlation coefficient, the research examines the relationship between digital marketing strategies and business outcomes. The objectives include assessing how digital marketing helps small businesses reach target customers and identifying effective tools for success. Findings reveal that a significant majority (80%) of respondents who adopted digital marketing techniques reported high satisfaction levels, indicating a positive impact on performance and customer base expansion. The study concludes that digital marketing is essential for small businesses to thrive in today's competitive landscape, emphasizing the importance of social media platforms and websites in enhancing brand presence and customer engagement.
Foreign Investor Response to Patents of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises: Focusing on Manufacture of Pharmaceuticals, Medicinal Chemical and Botanical Products (C21)
Authors:   The Korean Career·Entrepreneurship & Business Association, Seo Kyongran , Park Sunghwa
Published: February 2025

Interest in attracting foreign investment is increasing to facilitate the smooth financing of small and medium-sized enterprises. However, due to information asymmetry issues regarding domestic SMEs, foreign investors have difficulty recognizing the existence of SMEs or tend to perceive them as high-risk investment targets due to insufficient information. However, if SMEs possess excellent star patents, their recognition will be enhanced, information asymmetry problems will be alleviated, and they may be preferred by foreign investors because they expect future potential profits through the exclusive rights of the patent. Based on this perspective, this study empirically analyzed the responses of foreign investors to patents held by SMEs engaged in Manufacture of pharmaceuticals, medicinal chemical and botanical products(C21). The variables representing the characteristics of patents were the number of patents, the number of claims meaning the range of the legal rights of the patent, and the frequency of citations reflecting the technical and economic value as independent variables. In particular, in order to analyze the qualitative characteristics of star patents held by companies, the maximum number of claims and the maximum citation frequency were set as variables for each company. The analysis results showed that the higher the maximum number of claims and the maximum citation frequency of patents held by SMEs, the higher the foreign investment ratio significantly. This suggests that foreign investors tend to prefer investing in SMEs with excellent star patents, as awareness of them increases, information asymmetry problems are reduced through patent information, and growth expectations through patents increase. This study is the first to analyze the reactions of foreign investors to SMEs holding star patents, suggesting that SMEs holding excellent patents can contribute to foreign capital procurement.
A Study on the Impact of University Students' Self-Esteem on ‘Planning Ability’ and ‘Execution and Risk-Taking’ for Problem Solving
Authors:   The Korean Career·Entrepreneurship & Business Association, Choi Miseon
Published: February 2025

This study was conducted to analyze the effects of ‘self-esteem’ on ‘planning ability’, ‘execution and risk-taking’ in problem solving among university students. ‘Self-esteem’ plays a crucial role in cognitive processes, emotions, and goal setting, and also serves as a key psychological factor in the problem solving process. To verify this, a survey was conducted with 283 3rd and 4th students at a four-year university, and the relationships between ‘self-esteem’ and ‘planning ability’/‘execution and risk-taking’ were analyzed using correlation and regression analyses. The results indicated that ‘self-esteem’ had a significant positive(+) effect on ‘planning ability’(β=.257, p<.001), and ‘execution and risk-taking’(β=.359, p<.001). These findings suggest that students with higher self-esteem exhibit a more systematic and proactive attitude in the problem solving process and are more likely to solve problems efficiently. Moreover, self-esteem serves as a critical variable in enhancing students’ problem solving abilities, contributing to practical problem solving through improved ‘planning’ and ‘execution and risk-taking’ ability. In conclusion, this study provides foundational insights into the relationship between self-esteem and problem solving abilities among university students, highlighting the importance of self-esteem in supporting their personal growth and career development. The findings offer practical implications for the development of future educational programs and psychological support systems.
A Meta-Study on the Impact of Government Startup Support on Entrepreneurial Performance: Focusing on Research Conducted Since 2020
Authors:   The Korean Career·Entrepreneurship & Business Association, Nam Jangwoo , Nam Jeongmin
Published: February 2025

This study conducted a meta-analysis on the impact of government startup support on entrepreneurial performance in South Korea from 2020 to 2024. Out of 774 papers identified through a keyword search for 'startup support' or 'entrepreneurial performance' on RISS, 37 papers were selected for final analysis after a screening process. Startup support was categorized into education, facilities and space, consulting, and financial support, while entrepreneurial performance was divided into financial and non-financial outcomes. The effect size was measured by converting the correlation coefficient r to Fisher's Z.
The analysis revealed that all startup support elements had a moderate positive effect size (r=0.34~0.42) on both financial and non-financial performance. Notably, the impact on non-financial performance was generally greater than on financial performance. Startup education had the largest effect on non-financial performance (r=0.4192), followed by consulting on financial performance (r=0.4006).
However, high heterogeneity in effect sizes (I^2 > 75%) was observed across all analyses, and publication bias was detected through Funnel plot and Egger's regression test, necessitating cautious interpretation. Outlier removal analysis showed that most effect sizes remained largely unchanged, except for the impact of facilities and space on financial performance, which shifted from moderate to small.
This study contributes by comprehensively analyzing the effects of startup support policies, providing implications for future policy directions. Future research should consider standardized research designs, analyses by startup stages, and interaction effects between support elements. Additionally, comparative studies of startup support policies across countries could provide valuable insights into the universality and specificity of these policies.
The Impact of Senior Employees' Entrepreneurial Competencies on Entrepreneurial Intentions: Focusing on the Moderating Effect of Entrepreneurship
Authors:   The Korean Career·Entrepreneurship & Business Association, Kwon Youngkab , Kim Changone
Published: February 2025

This study aims to investigate the relationship between entrepreneurial competencies and entrepreneurial intentions among senior employees who are relatively close to retirement and to examine whether entrepreneurial spirit moderates this relationship. A survey was conducted with senior employees aged 50 and above who are employed in large manufacturing companies, resulting in a sample of 546 respondents. Multiple regression analysis and hierarchical regression analysis were used to analyze the data. The study produced the following key findings regarding the impact of senior employees' entrepreneurial competencies and entrepreneurial spirit on entrepreneurial intentions. First, the marketing competencies and technical competencies of senior employees had a positive effect on entrepreneurial intentions. Second, among the sub-elements of entrepreneurial spirit, innovativeness showed a moderating effect on the relationship between marketing competencies and entrepreneurial intentions but did not exhibit a moderating effect on the relationship between technical competencies and entrepreneurial intentions. Third, both risk-taking and proactivity demonstrated positive moderating effects between both marketing and technical competencies and entrepreneurial intentions. The study suggests the need to provide training programs for senior employees that not only enhance their marketing and technical competencies but also foster entrepreneurial spirit, thereby facilitating entrepreneurial opportunities during the pre-retirement phase.
Theme of Promise in the Epistle to the Hebrews
Authors: Stevens Daniel
Published: February 2025

Daniel Stevens analyses the use of the language of divine commitment in the Epistle to the Hebrews, arguing that the author distinguishes promise from the cultic language of covenant to sketch a unique mixture of continuity and discontinuity among the people of God across time.

Stevens stresses through an exegesis of relevant passages that rest is not the primary content of promise, nor is it the primary lens through which the other instances of promise language should be understood; suggesting instead that the promise is most closely associated with the benefits promised to Abraham, and then mediated through the various subsequent covenants. He further explores how the divine promise relates to both the Old and New Covenants, arguing that Hebrews develops a view of salvation history in which covenants are founded upon promises and then bring those promises to fruition. By demonstrating the ways in which this understanding of promise sheds light on the author’s hermeneutic and on his method of achieving his hortatory purposes for the epistle, Stevens concludes in a reassertion of the consistency of the author’s thought regarding promise.
Doctrine of God and the Crisis of Modernity
Authors: Michelson Jared
Published: February 2025

In this incisive work, Michelson traces contemporary debates on the doctrine of God back in time to the philosophical critiques of Hume and Kant.

Schleiermacher and Barth each offered accounts of the doctrine of God. This book offers a critical evaluation of these accounts and demonstrates how they were responding to early modern critiques of the possibility of knowing God. Michelson also leverages Charnock’s account constructively to demonstrate how this earlier writer has the theological resources to tackle those same critiques.

Not content to stop there, Michelson also highlights how these critics built their arguments on faulty interpretations of classical theological tradition. In doing so, this book carves out a provocative, constructive path forward for contemporary theological reflection on the doctrine of God.
Making of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1947-1951
Authors: Pappé Ilan
Published: February 2025

This seminal text by renowned Israeli historian, Ilan Pappe, discusses one of the most significant periods in the Arab-Israeli conflict. Based on archival material, it presents the reader with a comprehensive and general history of the origins and consequences of the 1948 war. While among Arabs, and especially Palestinians, the events of that year are known as thenakba- the catastrophe, the trauma, the disaster - for Jews, and in particular for Israelis, their victory in the war of 1948 is a veritable miracle. For them, against tremendous odds and through heroic military effort, the Jewish community succeeded in thwarting attempts by the Arab states to destroy it. Pappe shows here that in sharp contrast to the recollections and myths of both sides, the military events of 1948 were not decisive. The victory of the Zionist organization and the fate of the Palestinians was determined by politicians on both sides - in the discussions and decisions of the United Nations in 1947-8 and in the Arab League - long before a shot had been fired. He argues that Israel's failure to take advantage of the genuine opportunity for peace with the Arabs at the UN-sponsored Lausanne Conference in 1949 resulted in the prolonged and tragic conflict between Israel and the Arab states still very much alive today. Complete with a new foreword by the author, the book remains the authority on the subject for a new generation of readers.
Standing Among the Spartans
Authors: Davies Philip John  Victor
Published: February 2025

Conformity, uniformity, institutionality, exceptionality – each of these terms encapsulates an aspect of the common perception of Sparta, both among scholars and in the popular imagination.

This volume seeks to interrogate how rightly we may apply these terms to the Spartan citizen community in the classical period (approximately 500-350 BC) and reveals a much greater level of differentiation within this social group than is often assumed.

Drawing upon recent scholarship on Sparta, theoretical and methodological discussions from within the wider fields of classical studies and ancient history, and approaches to status and institutions developed in the social sciences, Philip John Victor Davies examines the diverse factors which influenced the standing of individuals within the Spartiate community and assesses how great a role institutions played in determining a Spartiate’s standing and to what extent Sparta was, as ancient accounts would suggest, significantly more institutionalized than other Greek societies. Placing Sparta in the context of the renewed interest in institutions and their social significance represented across multiple disciplines by the ‘New Institutionalist turn’, he presents a more dynamic understanding of the internal life of the Spartiate community, with a nuanced appreciation of the dimensions and limits of Sparta’s exceptionality.
Kathakali
Authors: Gopalakrishnan Sudha
Published: February 2025

Authored by a leading exponent of the form, this book provides a clear guide to Kathakali, exploring its origin, evolution, and characteristics and the ways it has adapted for a 21st-century audience.

Kathakaliis an introduction to this vibrant mode of dance drama, which comes from Kerala in southwest India and combines poetry, music, rhythm, and dance to represent stories of gods, demons, and humans. Originating in the latter part of the 16th century, today Kathakali commands attention and involves practitioners from around the world. Largely drawing its stories from theRamayanaand theMahabharata, it integrates music, dance, grand makeup, and costume to evoke the epic universe. This book illuminates how Kathakali combines associated literary texts, performative conventions, and practices from local and pan-Indian contexts. The actors use their whole body—deploying complex dance movements, interpretive gestures, and highly developed facial expressions—as a site to depict, elaborate, and interpret action. Encapsulating the world of Kathakali, its performative grammar, and the aesthetic theories that underpin it, this book examines its history as one of continual change.

The book traces the distinctive features of Kathakali, which is sometimes tightly structured with fixed conventions, and sometimes fluid enough to incorporate imaginative flights of fancy. It assesses Kathakali’s cultural legacy and charts how the form has changed over the centuries. It also includes translations of extracts from poems, plays, and performance manuals, as well as interviews with actors and cultural historians.
Christians in the City of Nairobi
Authors: Mugambi Kyama , Shaw Mark
Published: February 2025

In this book Kyama Mugambi and Mark Shaw examine the diverse expressions of Christianity in Metropolitan Nairobi, a city boasting a population of ten million, which is one of the most religiously pluralistic cities in the world. Founded in 1899 as little more than a train depot for the Uganda Railway, Nairobi has come a long way; mosques, megachurches and temples serve as the backdrop for examining Christianity and public life in this vibrant city.

This volume covers all the major Christian traditions practiced in the city, including Protestantism, Orthodoxy and Catholicism. The city is a laboratory of a new global pluralism, and avital centre of a new global Christian pluralism specifically. Mugambi and Shaw argue that this kind of pluralism is reshaping religion everywhere in the majority world.

Other themes include the role of women in Christianity, Kenyan Independent Churches, and the Christian youth movement. The book illuminates how through Christianity, Africans have begun to come to terms with modern urban realities, including religious pluralism, hypothesising how this process could unfold in other parts of the world.
Exploring Experiences of University Students with Learning Disabilities
Authors: Manase Ndakaitei
Published: February 2025

This book examines the experiences of students with learning disabilities in South African higher education, exploring the different factors that shape students’ university engagements.

Students’ experiences, gathered through semi-structured interviews, are analysed within the Capability Approach to assess the way social arrangements influence students with learning disabilities’ academic engagements. The book then discusses the ways universities can foster opportunities that contribute to students’ multi-dimensional achievements for their academic and general wellbeing. The book exposes inequalities in higher education that impact students with learning disabilities who often operate in inflexible educational systems, practices and standardised learning outcomes that do not take into account the unique ways by which students with learning disabilities process information. The book sheds light on the educational trajectories and conditions which students with learning disabilities operate in.
Serbia’s Balancing Act
Authors: Vuksanovic Vuk
Published: February 2025

The central country in the Western Balkans, Serbia puzzles observers by balancing its foreign policy between two competing great powers - Russia and the West. What drives a small country to behave like this?In this book, Vuk Vuksanovic explores the strategic trends which have shaped Serbian foreign policy, beginning in 2008, when the country’s international position was permanently changed by the global financial crisis and the unilateral declaration of independence by Serbia’s former province Kosovo. Vuksanovic also shows the domestic dynamic, shaping this policy, primarily the competition between Serbian political parties. Since then, this small Balkan country has become a tipping point between two external great powers against each other.

Demonstrating how this, and other major international developments have affected the country’s stance towards these great powers, including the Russian annexation of Crimea, Brexit, the migrant crisis, the rise and fall of Donald Trump, the COVID-19 pandemic and the on-going war in Ukraine, Vuksanovic reveals how Serbia has placed itself at the centre of a deeply opportunistic and precariously balanced partnership, which impacts both its domestic and international policy in a multitude of ways.
Communitarianism
Authors: Tam Henry
Published: February 2025

This thoroughly revised and updated edition of Henry Tam’sCommunitarianismbrings different strands of communitarian thought together into a critical synthesis, at the centre of which is the ideal of inclusive communities based on the three principles of mutual responsibility, cooperative enquiry, and citizen participation.

Tam shows how communitarian ideas can be applied in practice, addressing key problems in social, economic, and political life, with case studies from the state, business, and voluntary sectors to demonstrate how we can more effectively respond to the major problems facing society.

With key pedagogical features including a timeline of the emergence of key communitarian ideas, diagrams illustrating conceptual differences relating to communitarian, authoritarian and individualist thinking, and a selection of global case studies and further readings, this is the authoritative guide to the theory and practice of Communitarianism.
Designing Retail Experience in the 21st Century
Authors: Huppatz D. J.
Published: February 2025

Covering 2001 to today,Designing Retail Experience in the 21st Centurypresents readers with a critical, cross-disciplinary perspective on retail design, bringing together scholarship from design, architecture, branding, cultural studies and social studies.

Our retail experience has changed profoundly over the past two decades, largely due to the impact of digital technologies. While the rise of smartphones and online commerce threatened to displace ‘bricks and mortar’ stores, physical shopping has survived and, in some cases, thrived. Today, the most successful brands design experiences that engage customers both within the physical store and in the digital realm. In this book, D.J. Huppatz analyses how corporations design these experiences, how we interact with them, and how they align with broader social, cultural and economic changes.

Eight case studies reveal how some of the largest global retail chains, including Apple, Amazon, Nike, Zara, IKEA and LEGO, and smaller chains such as Aesop and Gentle Monster, utilize design to create engaging experiences. Unlike in the past, such corporations consider design in a continuum that extends from architecture and interiors to product and service design, and from website and digital interactions to social media. At the intersection of design and cultural studies, this book provides a critical survey and understanding of design and retail experience in the 21st century.
Education and Historical Justice
Authors: Miles James , Keynes Matthew R.
Published: February 2025

Education and Historical Justiceexplores how global movements for historical redress and reconciliation are reshaping education and schooling.

This book is the first to theorize the important and growing nexus between education and historical justice engaging questions of temporality, narrativity and responsibility. It considers how educational policy, curriculum, pedagogy, and materials are being reformed to address goals of historical justice, redress and reparations globally, with a focus on Australia, Canada, Northern Ireland and South Africa. It places these changes and challenges in historical context drawing on international human rights law, political and historical theory, and histories of education, to account for the growing role of education in the pursuit of historical justice. Finally, it assesses how education oriented towards historical justice reconfigures subjectivities and raises questions around complicity, guilt, and collective responsibility which have important implications for educators, researchers, and policymakers.
Shakespeare’s Compassion
Authors: Refskou Anne Sophie
Published: February 2025

This bookshows that Shakespeare’s dramatization of compassion, far from expressing a sense of universal empathy, stages a conflicted emotion available to be solicited, manipulated and at times even monopolized as a discursive vehicle for the exclusion of others.

Drawing on the history of emotions and on Shakespearean classical studies, Anne Sophie Refskou argues both that Shakespeare’s compassion expresses his own historical and cultural moment and is at the same time the product of his close engagement with literature from the classical past. In so doing, she traces a set of recurrent strands in Shakespeare’s engagement with discourses of compassion throughout his playwriting career, situating them in relation to plays written for the early modern stage by contemporaries, including Thomas Kyd, George Peele, Christopher Marlowe, Thomas Nashe, John Fletcher and Philip Massinger. Individual chapters offer readings ofTitus Andronicus,Richard III,HamletandKing Learby way of comparative analysis of key classical texts – including Euripides’HecubaandThe Trojan Women, Vergil’sAeneidand Ovid’sMetamorphoses– from which Shakespeare and his fellow playwrights drew sustained inspiration.

Together, the chapters demonstrate how Shakespeare’s engagement with the classical literature, from which he inherited a spacious understanding of the social efficacy of emotion, enables his dramatization of issues that are central to the current critical field, including questions of race, gender, sexuality and the relationship between human beings and nonhuman animals.
Avignon Popes and the Eastern Mediterranean
Authors: Hill James
Published: February 2025

An exploration of how popes attempted to construct, maintain, and represent their power beyond Europe’s eastern frontiers during the Avignon period of the 14th century.After the main, numbered, crusades concluded with the loss of the Holy Land at the end of the 13th century, the papacy did not withdraw from or scale back its interests and activities in the Eastern Mediterranean. As the papacy moved to Avignon in 1305, in part to be nearer the increasingly troublesome Western and Northern European kingdoms, it maintained strong ties with the East and claimed control over a wide range of activities in the Eastern Mediterranean. This book, based primarily on the letters sent by the popes in the Vatican Archives, explores the power and authority of the popes in their attempts at influencing events in the Eastern Mediterranean during the 14th century.

The Avignon Popes and the Eastern Mediterraneanexplores a wide set of circumstances and situations, taking into account efforts to control Latin activity beyond Europe, how the popes interacted with and attempted to control non-Latin Churches, and how the popes acted as a Europe-wide political body in diplomatic activities with the Mamluks and the Mongols. James Hill looks at how, in its dealings with the wider world, the papacy continuously encountered the same issue: its position as head of the Church gave it significant authority, but it was often unable to compel actions it wanted. Hill expertly charts how the popes attempted to use their authority to achieve concrete results, and the extent to which those attempts were successful.
Operation Steinbock 1944
Authors: Goss Chris
Published: February 2025

The story of Germany's disastrous last cross-Channel Blitz in early 1944, which left the Luftwaffe devastated and barely able to oppose the D-Day landings.

OperationSteinbock, or as it became known, the ‘Baby Blitz’ was the Luftwaffe’s last sustained night bomber offensive against the United Kingdom. In this book, renowned Luftwaffe historian Chris Goss explains how and why the Luftwaffe's last cross-Channel campaign was such a contrast to the Battle of Britain and subsequent Blitz of 1940–41. In 1944, the Luftwaffe’s under-trained, hard-pressed, and inexperienced bomber crews were out-thought and outfought by their opponents, who combined the latest ground-controlled radar with powerful new night fighters and advanced anti-aircraft defences, including radar-assisted guns and even anti-aircraft rockets.

Packed with dramatic original illustrations, explanatory diagrams, 2D maps of the strategic situation and 3D maps recreating key missions, this book tells the story of OperationSteinbockand its crucial consequences. The Germans' last air campaign over England ended in late May 1944, with the Luftwaffe having lost hundreds of much-needed aircraft and crews. Just days later, the Allies stormed ashore across the beaches of Normandy, and the Luftwaffe could do little to stop them.
Hürtgen Forest 1944 (1)
Authors: McNally Michael
Published: February 2025

The first part of a detailed study of one of the longest, and most brutal, tactical operations of World War II.

In September 1944, the Allied High Command continued to press eastwards towards the Rhine, the thrust being spearheaded by Courtney Hodges' US First Army, whose proposed line of advance was through a wooded area south of Aachen, known locally as the Hürtgenwald – or Hürtgen Forest. On the opposing side, the German forces under the overall command of Walter Model would do all they could to defend the Reich, but also maintain a staging post for the forthcoming Battle of the Bulge.

Fought in brutal terrain – heavily wooded, riven with razor sharp ridgelines and precipitous cliffs, and with a woefully inadequate road network – and in all elements, the Battle of Hürtgen Forest was a grinding and protracted encounter where gains were measured in feet and yards and not miles. This study explores the first phase of this bloody battle, including the ‘Aachen Question’ facing the Allies. Featuring stunning artwork, detailed maps and diagrams, and period images, this book provides a gripping narrative of the infamous clash in the Hürtgen Forest, concluding with an assessment of the situation in November 1944, and the preparations for the next phase of operations.
Ground Forces in the Korean War 1950–53 (2)
Authors: Mackowiak Robert C.
Published: February 2025

This study of the evolving uniforms and personal equipment used by US ground forces in the Korean War features new full-color artwork and previously unpublished photographs.

In June 1950, US soldiers and Marines deployed in the Korean War were dressed and equipped largely as they had been in the closing stages of World War II, but by 1953 major innovations had transformed their appearance. Featuring eight pages of specially commissioned artwork alongside carefully chosen photographs, some never previously published, this study charts the evolution of the US troops’ uniforms and gear through three years of bitter fighting.

The deployment of a US expeditionary force in Korea entailed uniform and equipment shortages and resulted in widespread improvisation among the troops. The rapid movement of the first stages of the conflict made resupply very difficult, a situation compounded by the need for cold-weather clothing. In 1951, the beginnings of position warfare offered the opportunity for soldiers and Marines to customize their uniforms and gear. Flak jackets were introduced in both services. The infantryman’s basic load lightened substantially, with men on the line often requiring little more than their fatigues, flak vest, and helmet. All of these developments are explained and depicted in this fully illustrated study from an authority of the uniforms and personal gear of the Korean War period.
Athenian Army 507–322 BC
Authors: Sekunda Nicholas
Published: February 2025

This fully illustrated study explores the formidable Athenian army, rivalled only by the Spartan army in terms of battlefield prowess and influence.

In 508 BC, the reforms of Kleisthenes established the ten tribes of Athens, inaugurating a system of military organization that remained in place for nearly 200 years until Athens’ eclipse by the growing power of Macedon in the early 3rd century BC. Fully illustrated, this lively study investigates the development and effectiveness of the armies fielded by Athens during its many wars with its Greek neighbours, notably Sparta, and other opponents such as the Persian Empire. A variety of different troop types made up these armies, ranging from formidably armed and armoured hoplite heavy infantry to lightly armed archers, peltasts and cavalry.

In this book, Athens’ major wars and battles of the period are summarized, and important aspects contributing to the Athenian army’s battlefield prowess, influence and legacy, ranging from mobilization and training to the evolution of arms and armour, are examined in the light of the latest scholarship and archaeological finds. The eight colour plates reconstruct the appearance of components of the Athenian army at various stages of its development. The authoritative text is complemented by carefully chosen photographs, many in colour, depicting a variety of surviving artefacts, supported by informative captions.
Goths AD 200–700
Authors: D’Amato Raffaele , Salimbeti Andrea
Published: February 2025

An illustrated study of Rome’s key enemies from the Late Principate and Dominate: the western Visigoths and the eastern Ostrogoths.

The Goths were a Germanic people who, under pressure from the Huns, migrated during the 2nd century AD to the Balkans, where they split into the Visigoths to the west, and the Ostrogoths to the east. After first raiding and looting Roman territory, some eventually came to serve as allies to the Empire, but this allegiance would collapse following a Hun advancement that saw the Goths forced south against the Danube. Failure to negotiate settlement in this new, Roman-held territory led to wars, during which the Ostrogoths won a decisive victory over a Roman army at Adrianople (AD 378), and the Visigoths finally sacked Rome itself (AD 410).

In this fascinating study, Roman military historians Raffaele D'Amato and Andrea Salimbetiand Andrea Salimbeti examine Rome’s fierce clashes with the Gothic peoples, exploring their role in the fall of the Western Empire and eventual transition from Roman to early medieval Europe. Newly commissioned artwork, artefact photos and expert research combine to bring to life key events in the Goths’ history, including the Ostrogoths’ defeat by Emperor Justinian in the 6th century, the establishment of Gothic kingdoms in Italy and the Iberian Peninsula, and their service as subjects and soldiers in Byzantine Crimea.
German Navy 1935–45
Authors: Thomas Nigel
Published: February 2025

An illustrated study of the uniforms and personal equipment worn by the personnel of the Kriegsmarine, the German Navy of the Third Reich, from 1935–45.

Founded in defiance of the Treaty of Versailles, the Kriegsmarine was established in 1935 and reached a peak strength of more than 800,000 personnel in 1944. Its original aim of amassing a surface fleet on parity with Great Britain’s Royal Navy shifted with the outbreak of World War II, after which focus moved to submarine warfare, with the Kriegsmarine’s U-boats exacting a heavy toll on Allied shipping across the globe. Meanwhile, several of its formidable capital ships – notably theGraf Spee, Bismarck,Tirpitz,ScharnhorstandGneisenau– saw widespread action as Nazi Germany strove to defeat the Allies at sea.

In this new study, Nigel Thomas examines the evolving organization, uniforms and equipment used by the Kriegsmarine during its ten-year existence, spanning its pre-war beginnings, the invasion of Norway in 1940, and through to the deployment of Kriegsmarine personnel as grounds troops from 1943–45. The different gear worn by its various branches of service is described in detail and illustrated with newly commissioned colour artwork and an array of specially selected photographs.
Tanks in the Gulf War 1991
Authors: Zaloga Steven J.
Published: February 2025

An essential guide to the tanks that fought the greatest armored clashes of modern times, between Saddam Hussein's Soviet-supplied army and the advanced tanks fielded by the Coalition.

The Gulf War of 1991 was the largest tank-vs-tank confrontation of the modern era, and the only large-scale tank combat ever to involve major NATO armies. With the Iraqi Army equipped primarily with modern Soviet- and Warsaw Pact-built tanks, it was also a rare example of how NATO tanks performed in combat against their Eastern Bloc rivals.

In this book, world expert on tank technology Steven J. Zaloga examines the numerous tank types used in this conflict and how they compared, both in technology and battlefield performance. Besides covering the tanks of the United States, Britain, and France, it also examines those of other Allied forces including Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. It not only covers Iraq's Soviet- and Warsaw Pact-built tanks, but also its vigorous indigenous military industry, which produced a number of notable innovations such as the “Enigma” tank with laminate armor.

Unravelling the detail behind the greatest tank war of modern times, packed with data and illustrated with superb new artwork and numerous photos, including some never-before-published, and detailed descriptions of the little-known Iraqi armored division markings.
B-29 Superfortress vs Japanese Nightfighter
Authors: Lardas Mark
Published: February 2025

An illustrated study of the clashes between B-29s conducting night raids on Japan and the Japanese nightfighters protecting the Home Islands from 1944–45.

The USAAF’s B-29-led strategic bombing offensive against Japan succeeded when XX Bomber Command switched from high-level daytime precision bombing to low-level night time area bombing. The latter tactic required Superfortresses to attack their target individually, without a formation or escorting fighters for protection. Despite this, Japanese nightfighters proved unable to stop the B-29s.

In this study, Mark Lardas examines the capabilities of the aircraft involved, and reveals the conditions under which both sides fought. He evaluates the cutting-edge technology of both sides and how it affected the outcome of the battle. Maps, tactical diagrams, photographs and specially commissioned artwork bring the action to life as the individual US bombers and Japanese nightfighters fight a classic military duel.
Soviet Motor Torpedo Boats of World War II
Authors: Budzbon Przemysław
Published: February 2025

In the 1920s and 30s, aircraft designer Andrey Tupolev designed a series of advanced torpedo boats for the USSR. Superbly illustrated, this is their first history in English.

The Soviet Navy's fast attack craft were inspired by the 1919 Kronstadt raid, conducted by British hydroplaning, torpedo-armed Coastal Motor Boats (CMBs). The first were to be CMB copies, but with Soviet shipbuilding incapable of the project, it was handed to the Aerodynamic Institute, headed by Andrey Tupolev. Built with aircraft engines and technology, his 50kt boats were as photogenic as they were bumpy and noisy, and made a vivid impression on propaganda newsreels. Some were adapted with remote control guidance, a pioneering development of the naval drone.

Written by a former Soviet naval architect, this book is the first in English to offer a history of these fascinating, dashing craft. He explains that, technically advanced but flawed, theSh-4andG-5had no opportunity to act in their designated role in World War II. Instead, some were employed instead as landing craft, while others were rearmed and used as minelayers or subchasers. Many were adapted as fire support craft with Katyusha rocket launchers installed.

Packed with superb new artwork and unpublished photos, it examines Tupolev's torpedo boats as well as the handful of other MTBs the Soviet Union fielded. It is an account of a rare impressive design in the prewar Soviet Navy.
Kriegsmarine Atlantic Command 1939–42
Authors: Paterson Lawrence
Published: February 2025

Germany’s legendary Atlantic surface war was fought by Naval Group West. Superbly illustrated, this unpacks the details of how it operated and fought.

Having spent the 1930s on an ambitious but confused bid to build a new battle fleet, Germany began World War II woefully unprepared. UnderMarinegruppenkommandoWest, its heavy ships and raiders were tasked with challenging Allied dominance of the Atlantic.

In this book, Kriegsmarine specialist Lawrence Paterson explores how Naval Group West took on the challenge. He reassesses the qualities of the fleet, and how the confusion over their original role meant that ships like theBismarckwere less than ideal for raiding. Operating as far afield as the Indian Ocean also relied on an elaborate tanker and supply network, as well as Germany’s superb signals intelligence. He also explains the complex Kriegsmarine command structure during the 1930s and early war, how responsibility for the ships veered between Naval Group West, the Naval Staff, and type commanders, and how the conquest of France transformed the command. He also explains how the Luftwaffe failed the surface fleet, both in scouting at sea and defending them in port.

With superb artwork, 3D diagrams, maps and archive photos, this book explores and assesses Germany’s commerce war, from theGraf Spee’s cruise to the ill-fated exploits ofBismarck, and the final high-risk retreat from Brest, the Channel Dash.
Law of Statutory Audits
Authors: O’Leary Dáibhí
Published: February 2025

An in-depth practical examination of the law relating to statutory auditors and audit firms, and the relationship of Irish companies to those auditors and firms.

Irish companies generally appoint one or more statutory auditors for each financial year of the company and these auditors have a legal obligation to report on the company’s financial statements.

This book covers every facet of the statutory auditor’s role from their appointment to their duties, rights and powers, and their removal and resignation. It also deals with the legal issues that arise in the course of this work and looks at the auditor’s oversight and regulation by the Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority.

This book is essential for all Irish companies who deal with statutory auditors and for any individual or firm providing audit services.
Succession Act 1965 and Related Legislation: A Commentary
Authors: Spierin Brian E
Published: February 2025

Written by one of the leading experts in the field, the aim of this book is to make it as accessible as possible in assisting solicitors, barristers and judges alike. The Succession Act has long acted as a weathervane of social change in Ireland, taking into account changes such as the status of illegitimacy and the introduction of divorce.

Each section of the 1965 Act (as amended) is set out in full, and followed by a detailed narrative commentary which explains the sections and examines how they have been interpreted by the courts. Up-to-date appendices contain the relevant Probate Office and Superior Court forms and the sixth edition includes discussion around the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 and the implication for costs in probate cases.

Covers the following important cases:

- Naylor v Maher[2018] IECA 32 -K v K[2018] IEHC 615 -GS v MB[2022] IEHC 65

This title is included in Bloomsbury Professional's Irish Wills and Probate online service.