See http://www.cowtowncoder.com/blog/archives/2011/03/entry_448.html If you can wait for 1.8 it will be included there.
For what it's worth, there is a Jira issue to support pluggable strategies; voting for it might help convince developers to add support. As I mentioned in the comment, it is possible to override internal behavior, but it is not a simple thing to do.
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.