Petroleum and Progress in Iran: Oil, Development, and the Cold War
Dallas Hall 306 (McCord Auditorium) 3225 University Blvd, Dallas, TXThe Center for Presidential History welcomes Gregory Brew (Yale University) to discuss his new book, Petroleum and Progress in Iran: Oil, Development, and the Cold War. From the 1940s to 1960s, Iran developed into the world's first 'petro-state', where oil represented the bulk of state revenue and supported an industrializing economy, expanding middle class, and […]