How do you build backlinks to your hubs from sources other than hubpages?

Have a read of hubpages.com/hub/Increase-your-views-with-X will help you.

That seems to be the $64 question, and one I too am just learning the answer to. It seems the safest way is to link to your hub from social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and the rest. The problem with this is that for this to work at all you must have a fair number of friends/ fans, followers and connections, respectively, AND be active (social) enough in each site for the other users to give a hoot about what you think.

All this takes time to develop.

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.