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Robert Steele: “Laurence Elwell-Sutton, British Academia and the Anglo-Iranian Oil Crisis of 1951-54”
Robert Steele: “Laurence Elwell-Sutton, British Academia and the Anglo-Iranian Oil Crisis of 1951-54”
This talk explores the response of British academia to the Anglo-Iranian Oil Crisis of 1951-54, focusing on the contribution of the Edinburgh University scholar L.P. Elwell-Sutton. Much has been written about the British scholars, such as Ann Lambton and Robert Zaehner, who were indifferent to the Iranian cause and even helped the British government devise […]