I've written some multicast handling code using boost::asio also. I would say that overall, in my experience there is a lot of added complexity to doing things in asio that may not make it easy for other people you work with to understand the code you end up writing.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.