I am not a yank but from what I see as an external observer they are into convulsions before another radical change in USA ...this time it looks like they are going back to their old values ....good for them...i hope they do it soon we need them as allies and band of brothers to take on ISIS. As for the American fella ....he is larger than life generally and boisterious but he is one hell of a bud and tough in scrap....i know this personally with my deep links with USMC...;).
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.