I don't know how to get what you want, but I face the same problem. I do my control references in web. Config and then do post build steps to copy the appropriate web.
Config for release/debug. It works because you need a different web. Config for release/debug anyhow (if only for the debug="true" attribute) and because you can have a different post build step for debug and release.
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.