Blood diamonds : tracing the deadly path of the world's most precious stones

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Label

Blood diamonds : tracing the deadly path of the world's most precious stones

Title remainder

tracing the deadly path of the world's most precious stones

Statement of responsibility

Greg Campbell

Creator

• Campbell, Greg, 1970-

Subject

• trueDiamond industry and trade -- Corrupt practices
• Diamond industry and trade -- Social aspects -- Sierra Leone
• Diamond miners -- Crimes against -- Sierra Leone
• trueSierra Leone -- History -- Civil War, 1991-2002

Language

eng

Summary

Blood Diamonds is the tale of how the 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, including the Al Qaeda network. These repercussions of diamond smuggling are felt far beyond the borders of the poor and war-ridden country of Sierra Leone, and the consequences of overlooking this African tragedy, as the world has seen, are both shockingly deadly and unquestionably global

Cataloging source

SALS

Dewey number

966.404

Illustrations

maps

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Target audience

adult