Hi James On reading your question and follow up, I seriously could have been reading about myself, when I was your age and I have aspergers! I spent my years, doing that also, trying to make myself more confident, but it rarely happened and cruelly, I touched on what it felt like to be confident, a couple of times, but never lasted. Try: aspiecentral - and see if you find that you fit in!
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.