Jim Webb would make a sane Republican candidate (something that is much needed by the GOP). But, he is not a true Democrat. Anyone who would consider his greatest enemy to be a common soldier who was simply taking orders from his government is not someone for whom I would ever vote.
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.