James Burke is still active as a contributor to Scientific American, Forbes, and Time magazines as well as on the lecture circuit. He is currently working on the Knowledge Web Project, which attempts to present human knowledge in a holistic and "connected" fashion.
He seems to currently be working on the webpage called Knowledge Web. Below is a link to it and a good fan site with alot of info on him.
He has written several books including ''Connections'' books.google.com/books?id=3EC6XU6qnfEC&p... ''Amercan Connections'' books.google.com/books?id=9G5TD8zDM_wC&p... and ''Circles.. 50 Round Trips Through'' books.google.com/books?id=4uBn9XhqUnoC&p....
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.