You should check out Per Module Zend_Layout in this article, the author covers exactly what you are trying to achieve. His methodology is to write a plugin for the front controller that handles layout registration.
Using Zend Framework 1.12 (Haven't tested it on previous versions): works out of the box!
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.