Books by Tom Lawson

A challenging interpretation both of the Holocaust and its wider context, and the Church of England's role during the period.

By exploring the memory of destruction, The Last Man provides the first comprehensive picture of the British role in the destruction of the Tasmanian Aboriginal population.

Analyses the development of history writing on the destruction of the European Jews from just before the end of the Second World War to the present day, and argues forcefully that history writing is as much about the present as it is the past. -- .

This book takes the perspective of the 'home front' rather than the battlefield. Presenting accounts and analysis of the views of Anglican clerics on the issue of warfare and international conflict across the century, the contributors explore the church's stance on the causes, morality and conduct of warfare; on pacifism, obliteration bombing.