Java 5+ has all the tools you need for this kind of thing. You will want to.
OK, as others note, the best thing to do is to use java.util. Concurrent package. I highly recommend "Java Concurrency in Practice".
It's a great book that covers almost everything you need to know.
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.