Begegnungen mit dem Yankee: Nordamerikanisierung und soziokultureller Wandel in Chile (1898-1990) (review)
gelical churches and U.S. imperialism, Hartch insists that the story is much more complex. He notes that USAID did support the SIL, but insists that because direct links between the CIA and SIL cannot be proven, they likely did not exist. Leaving aside the fact that if there were direct links they would not likely be found in the public record, Hartch may go too lightly on the agents of the SIL. When he writes of their sympathy for anti-communist regimes, he suggests that it was the religious freedom afforded by such regimes that the SIL favored. Given the backgrounds of many SIL employees, it seems that there may be more to the story.