He sounds like a Narcissist, its a true disorder. Read this book and you will find a lot you didn't think were normal. The Wizard of Oz and Other Narcissists: Coping with the One-Way relationship in Work, Love, and Family.
Could be many things: 1. He has a drinking problem 2. He is bipolar 3.
He is doing drugs on top of drinking and you don't know 4. You could be at fault too. What could you be doing to make him angry?
5. He is a natural abuser.
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.