Rumsfeld was a tragic disaster - a perfect pick for Li'l moron Bushy. I think it was Congress which said that Rumsfeld HAD to go as the utter stupidity of Bush was revealed and Bush's Iraq War descended into chaos. Cohen sounds like a pretty sharp cookie.
He seemed to be one of the last republicans who actually cared anything about America.
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.