If the nodes themselves are query points, then the search time might be lower. You can start with backtracking stage and the first nodes tested are already near the query point. Then large areas of the tree can be pruned soon.
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.