The Art of War by Sun Tsu is part of many business schools curriculem despite being written over 2000 years ago and contains no direct links to business but has been analysed to link the common strategies between War and Business.
Can't give you 10, but the book called "Eat that Frog" is a good one. Deals with Getting the hard things you have to do out of the way and how to do them.
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.