Harry Elmer Barnes

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Harry Elmer Barnes (1889-1968) was a pioneer of historical revisionism, meaning the use of historical scholarship to challenge and refute the narratives of history promulgated by the state and the political class, or as Barnes himself termed it, "court history." Long regarded as a progressive intellectual leader of the American Left, Barnes became associated with the Old Right for his opposition to the New Deal and to American entry into World War II. His work has had a profound influence on New Left historians such as William Appleman Williams and Gabriel Kolko, as well as on the historical writings of Murray Rothbard and other libertarians.

See Murray Rothbard's obituary, "Harry Elmer Barnes, RIP."

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Pearl Harbor After a Quarter of a Century

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08/08/2014Left and RightHarry Elmer Barnes

The surprise Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, is regarded by most persons who recall it at all as an isolated dramatic episode, now consigned to political and military archeology. Quite to the contrary, on account of our entry Into the war, it became one of the most decisive...

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Revisionism and the Historical Blackout

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02/17/2010Mises Daily ArticlesHarry Elmer Barnes

In this country today, and it is also true of most other nations, many professional historians gladly falsify history quite voluntarily.

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Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace

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12/22/2007Mises Daily ArticlesHarry Elmer Barnes

Two world wars have converted the libertarian American dream of pre-1914 days into a nightmare of fear, regimentation, destruction, insecurity, inflation, and ultimate insolvency.