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In 1925 He edited ''A Manual of Universal History'', a revision of William H. Tillinghast 's ''A Handbook of Universal History''. This works organizational structure, was the outline used in William L. Langer 's '' An Encyclopedia Of World History ''. Long regarded as a leader of the Progressive intelligentsia, Barnes joined many of its intellectual leaders such as Charles Beard in opposing from the left the New Deal and, at the price of their reputations, American entry into World War II . In the years following the war, he argued that Hitler did not want to go to war and that Roosevelt had deliberately provoked Pearl Harbor . He also questioned many aspects of the Holocaust , but did not attempt to deny or defend it, arguing that all sides were guilty of equally awful atrocities. His work has had a profound influence on the "Wisconsin school" of New Left historians such as William Appleman Williams , Gabriel Kolko , and James Weinstein , as well as on the historical writings of Libertarian icon Murray Rothbard . Authors such as have attempted to claim Barnes for their pro- Nazi Historiography , but have been generally unsuccessful. FURTHER READING
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