\u003ci\u003eThe Vandals\u003c/i\u003e is the first book available in the English Language dedicated to exploring the sudden rise and dramatic fall of this complex North African Kingdom. This complete history provides a full account of the Vandals and re-evaluates key aspects of the society including: \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cdiv\u003ePolitical and economic structures such as the complex foreign policy which combined diplomatic alliances and marriages with brutal raiding\u003c/div\u003e \u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cdiv\u003eThe extraordinary cultural development of secular learning, and the religious struggles that threatened to tear the state apart\u003c/div\u003e \u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cdiv\u003eThe nature of Vandal identity from a social and gender perspective.\u003cbr /\u003e \u003c/div\u003e \u003c/li\u003e \u003c/ul\u003e