Yes as you can see they both had lazy useless mouths that they placated with bread and circus to keep them from rioting. USA today Bread = foodstamps Games = pro-sports.
America is known for self interest. Look at the drone attacks in pakistan how many times have the pakistani authorities told the US no drone attacks on pakistan soverigenty? You speak of Empire's in the past, yes they were agressive, because there was no international laws or human rights back then, times where differant if your implying to try and as good as empire's did through the way they did it ( being agressive ) then your mistaken, not into days world.
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.