Truth be told, For the money your are going to spend you could get a Very nicely appointed PC that would rival or exceed the power of the Macbook and be more useful in the long run.. Unless the Macbook is a requirement I would weigh your choices.
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.