Architecture and architectural decisions are primarily about the "non-functional" requirements of a system pace RoadWarrier, but each of the things he mentions are consequences of the architectural decisions more than independent in and of themselves. (Proof: what leads to a particular choice in any of those domains? It's always the need to satisfy some nonfunctional requirement.).
BTW these are all reasons why I like enterprise service busses (ESBs)!
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.