Editing Edwin M. Wright

{{Short description|American politician, foreign policy specialist, 1897–1987}}
{{About|the U.S. foreign policy specialist|the U.S. Representative from New Jersey|Edwin R. V. Wright}}
'''Edwin Milton Wright''' (1897–1987) was an American [[foreign policy]] specialist.  Employed by the [[United States Department of State|U.S. State Department]] from 1945 to 1955 in a number of capacities, he was especially involved in the events leading up to and surrounding the establishment of [[Israel]].

==Life==
Wright was born in [[Tabriz]], the son of American missionaries.<ref name="Thomas2016">{{cite book|author=Teresa Fava Thomas|title=American Arabists in the Cold War Middle East, 1946-75: From Orientalism to Professionalism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qvw1DgAAQBAJ&pg=PA27|year=2016|publisher=Anthem Press|isbn=978-1-78308-510-1|page=27}}</ref> Educated at [[Wooster College]] and [[Columbia University]], he worked on refugee resettlement in Iraq from 1921 to 1924, and from 1924 until 1937 taught in American secondary schools in Iran.<ref>'Who's Who in the Middle East and North Africa', ''The Middle East and North Africa 1965-66'', Europa Publications Limited, 1966.</ref> When [[World War II]] broke out, as one of the few Americans who could speak Persian he was recruited into US intelligence.<ref name="Lockman2016">{{cite book|author=Zachary Lockman|title=Field Notes: The Making of Middle East Studies in the United States|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zYFzCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA28|year=2016|publisher=Stanford University Press|isbn=978-0-8047-9958-4|pages=28–9}}</ref>

He served as a [[Middle East]] specialist for the U.S. State Department from 1945 to 1946; on the [[Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs|Bureau for Near East]], [[Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs|South Asian]], and [[Bureau of African Affairs|African Affairs]] from 1946 to 1947; as an advisor on [[United Nations]] affairs from 1947 to 1950, and as an advisor on intelligence from 1950 to 1955.

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.trumanlibrary.org/oralhist/wright.htm  Biography from the Truman Library]
* [https://worldpeace365.wordpress.com/2015/11/10/23/ Richard D. McKinzie interview with Edwin M. Wright]
* [https://worldpeace365.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/tale-of-two-hamlets.pdf A Tale of Two Hamlets] by Edwin M. Wright
* [https://worldpeace365.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/torah-zionism-and-israel.pdf Torah, Zionism and Palestine] by Edwin M. Wright
* [https://worldpeace365.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/zionist-cover-up.pdf The Great Zionist Cover-Up: A Study and Interpretation] by Edwin M. Wright

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[[Category:American expatriates in Iran]]
[[Category:United States Department of State officials]]
[[Category:1897 births]]
[[Category:1987 deaths]]


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