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National Insecurity: The United States, Imperialism, and 1920s Resource SovereigntyCentral Los Angeles Oil Field, December 1, 1905, Ralph Arnold Photograph and Map Collection, Series 10: Lantern Slides, Huntington Digital Library

National Insecurity: The United States, Imperialism, and 1920s Resource Sovereignty

Historiography of the Middle East Lecture Series

Bunche Hall, Room 10383

This presentation discussed new research on U.S. foreign oil policy in the Near East immediately after World War I. It focuses on the influence of corporate executives, geologists, lawyers, lobbyists, and politicians in U.S. decisionmaking regarding the Mesopotamia Mandate, Iran, and Mexico. Special attention will be paid to the development and influence of U.S. industrial ideology and its interpretation of Mexican and Iranian arguments for economic sovereignty. 

 

About the Speaker

Chris Dietrich is Associate professor of History at Fordham University in the Bronx. A graduate of Grinnell College and the University of Texas at Austin, he is the author of Oil Revolution (2017) and editor of Diplomacy and Capitalism (2022). He is a co-editor of the Power, Politics, and the World series at Penn Press. 



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Sponsor(s): Center for Near Eastern Studies

4 Feb 25
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