Germania was synonymous with barbaric mores.  Only Christian revelation would tame what Roman sword could only conquer.  

Germania is the western thrust of the Eurasian steppe, making its inhabitants desperate to prevent continuous encirclement, something Corporal Hitler implicitly understood as the Second World War sought to vanquish tactical trends that animated war planners from the First World War.  

Dr. Christopher B. Krebs, professor of Classics at Stamford University writes A Most Dangerous Book:  Tacitius' Germania from the Roman Empire to the Third Reich explores the synoptic advance Germanic geography had on previous civilizations. 





Rome Lost Battle of Teutoburg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Teutoburg_Forest        
PresentDay Roman Remains (limes) Germania http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limes_Germanicus
Stamford Pagehttps://classics.stanford.edu/people/christopher-b-krebs
Amazonhttp://www.amazon.com/Most-Dangerous-Book-Tacituss-Germania/dp/0393342921/ref=la_B004EW22FG_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1432053087&sr=1-1

Dr. Hugh Wilford resides as a Historian at the California State University at Long Beach, his curriculum vitae 
http://www.cla.csulb.edu/departments/history/faculty/wilford/
 
His latest book reveals how the Great Game of the 19th Century was a struggle to control the Eurasian Plains, that meant control of the dominant littoral states that held Ottoman rule.  

To capture McKinder's Heartland, Britain and the U.S. fielded civilian Arabist's.  This is their story. . . 

John Batchelor Interview with Dr. Hugh Wilford http://johnbatchelorshow.com/podcasts/51715-jbs-author-americas-great-game-cia’s-secret-arabists-and-shaping-modern-middle-east

Amazon Author's Page http://amzn.com/046501965X