Blood diamonds: tracing the deadly path of the world's most precious stones
The true story of the events that inspired the feature film Blood Diamond
First discovered in 1930, the diamonds of Sierra Leone have funded one of the most savage rebel campaigns in modern history. These "blood diamonds" are smuggled out of West Africa and sold to legitimate diamond merchants in London, Antwerp, and New York, often with the complicity of the international diamond industry. Eventually, these very diamonds find their way into the rings and necklaces of brides the world over.
Blood Diamonds is the gripping story of how diamond smuggling works, how the rebel war has effectively destroyed Sierra Leone and its people, and how the policies of the diamond industry—institutionalized in the 1880s by the De Beers cartel—have allowed it to happen. Award-winning journalist Greg Campbell traces the deadly trail of these diamonds, many of which are brought to the world market by fanatical enemies. The repercussions of diamond smuggling are felt far beyond the poor and war-ridden country of Sierra Leone, and the consequences of overlooking this African tragedy are both shockingly deadly and unquestionably global.
Crimes against
Current Events
Diamond industry and trade
Diamond industry and trade -- Corrupt practices
Diamond industry and trade -- Social aspects -- Sierra Leone
Diamond miners
Diamond miners -- Crimes against -- Sierra Leone
History
Nonfiction
Sierra Leone -- History -- Civil War, 1991-
Social aspects
9781481565363
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display_description | The true story of the events that inspired the feature film Blood Diamond First discovered in 1930, the diamonds of Sierra Leone have funded one of the most savage rebel campaigns in modern history. These "blood diamonds" are smuggled out of West Africa and sold to legitimate diamond merchants in London, Antwerp, and New York, often with the complicity of the international diamond industry. Eventually, these very diamonds find their way into the rings and necklaces of brides the world over. Blood Diamonds is the gripping story of how diamond smuggling works, how the rebel war has effectively destroyed Sierra Leone and its people, and how the policies of the diamond industry—institutionalized in the 1880s by the De Beers cartel—have allowed it to happen. Award-winning journalist Greg Campbell traces the deadly trail of these diamonds, many of which are brought to the world market by fanatical enemies. The repercussions of diamond smuggling are felt far beyond the poor and war-ridden country of Sierra Leone, and the consequences of overlooking this African tragedy are both shockingly deadly and unquestionably global. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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subject_facet | Diamond industry and trade -- Corrupt practices Diamond industry and trade -- Social aspects -- Sierra Leone Diamond miners -- Crimes against -- Sierra Leone Sierra Leone -- History -- Civil War, 1991- | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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title_full | Blood Diamonds Tracing the Deadly Path of the World's Most Precious Stones Blood diamonds : tracing the deadly path of the world's most precious stones / Greg Campbell | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_short | Blood diamonds | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_sub | tracing the deadly path of the world's most precious stones | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
topic_facet | Corrupt practices Crimes against Current Events Diamond industry and trade Diamond miners History Nonfiction Social aspects |