Thy Will Be Done

The Conquest of the Amazon: Nelson Rockefeller and Evangelism in the Age of Oil

By: Gerard Colby, Charlotte Dennett

Narrated by: Kevin Stillwell, Tavia Gilbert, Marc Vietor, Scott Aiello

The United States' secret history of financial, political, and cultural exploitation of Latin America in the mid-20th century is revealed in this "blistering exposé", with a new introduction by the authors (Publishers Weekly).

What happened when a wealthy industrialist and a visionary evangelist unleashed forces that joined to subjugate an entire continent? Historians Gerard Colby and Charlotte Dennett tell the story of the 40-year campaign led by Standard Oil scion Nelson Rockefeller and Wycliffe Bible Translators founder William Cameron Townsend to establish a US imperial beachhead in Central and South America. Beginning in the 1940s, future Vice President Rockefeller worked with the CIA and allies in the banking industry to prop up repressive governments, devastate the Amazon rain forest, and destabilize local economies - all in the name of anti-Communism. Meanwhile, Townsend and his army of missionaries sought to undermine the belief systems of the region's indigenous peoples and convert them to Christianity. Their combined efforts would have tragic and long-lasting repercussions, argue the authors of this "well-documented" (Los Angeles Times) book - the product of 18 years of research - which legendary progressive historian Howard Zinn called "an extraordinary piece of investigative history. Its message is powerful, its data overwhelming and impressive."

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Documentation

Covered a worthy subject in which I was not aware. Nonetheless, very relevant, even today.

God, Guns and Capitalism

Having grown up as a missionary kid in Columbia and Panama I can attest to many of the things that I saw as a child actually happening that I read in this epic work. SIL, the CIA, and Caplis ventures had a devastating affect on the people of the Amazon. While good intentions may have existed among missionaries and government officials, the results were devastating to the indigenous people that I lived and played and celebrated by us. This is an essential work that unfortunately won’t be broadly read because of its size and density but it is important for any student of history to realize that the United States is in a major way, responsible for the death and destruction in Latin America.