Firebug is very helpful for debugging. Whenever I do AJAX or JavaScript I always keep firebug open. RE: detecting page location in a frame, I would personally use a backend language language to read the HTML headers to check for the page details in the frame.In PHP you could use $_SERVER'PHP_SELF' among others.
To debug the JavaScript I would want to re-create the issue on my machine or in a virtual machine.
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.