Rothbard worked with antisemitic writers in developing an isolationist revisionist history of World War II. He was influenced by and called a champion of Barnes. Raimondo describes Rothbard as a "champion of Henry Elmer Barnes, the dean of world-war revisionism". Rothbard favorably cited Barnes' view that "the murder of Germans and Japanese was the overriding aim of World War II". In an obituary for Barnes, Rothbard wrote: "Our entry into World War II was the crucial act in foisting a permanent militarization upon the economy and society, in bringing to the country a permanent garrison state, an overweening military–industrial complex, a permanent system of conscription. It was the crucial act in creating a mixed economy run by Big Government, a system of state monopoly capitalism run by the central government in collaboration with Big Business and Big Unionism." Article originally appeared in Left and Right: A Journal of Libertarian Thought. Besides broadly supporting his historical views, Rothbard promoted Barnes as an influence for future revisionists.Rothbard, Murray (1968). "Harry Elmer Barnes as Revisionist of the Cold War." In: Harry Elmer Barnes: Learned Crusader, edited by A.E. Goddard. Colorado Springs: Ralph Myles. Archived from the original.
Rothbard worked with antisemitic writers in developing an isolationist revisionist history of World War II He was influenced by and called a champion of Barnes Raimondo describes Rothbard as a "champion of Henry Elmer Barnes the dean of world-war revisionism" Rothbard favorably cited Barnes' view that "the murder of Germans and Japanese was the overriding aim of World War II" In an obituary for Barnes Rothbard wrote "Our entry into World War II was the crucial act in foisting a permanent militarization upon the economy and society in bringing to the country a permanent garrison state an overweening military–industrial complex a permanent system of conscription It was the crucial act in creating a mixed economy run by Big Government a system of state monopoly capitalism run by the central government in collaboration with Big Business and Big Unionism" Article originally appeared in Left and Right A Journal of Libertarian Thought Besides broadly supporting his historical views Rothbard promoted Barnes as an influence for future revisionistsRothbard Murray (1968) "Harry Elmer Barnes as Revisionist of the Cold War" In Harry Elmer Barnes Learned Crusader edited by AE Goddard Colorado Springs Ralph Myles Archived from the original