Peace through strength. Not war and chaos through appeasement and half assed foreign policy which is what we have now.
Might want to check your facts again. There are many more neo-cons on the GOP side than there are for the Democrats.
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.