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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Campbell, Greg.     Subjects     Diamond industry and trade -- Social aspects -- Sierra Leone.     Conflict diamonds.     Diamond miners -- Crimes against -- Sierra Leone.     Diamond industry and trade -- Corrupt practices.     Sierra Leone -- History -- Civil War, 1991-2002.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Campbell, Greg.       by title:      Blood diamonds : tra...         MARC Display

Blood diamonds : tracing the deadly path of the world's most precious stones / Greg Campbell. by Campbell, Greg. New York : Basic Books, 2012. Subjects Diamond industry and trade -- Social aspects -- Sierra Leone.   Conflict diamonds.   Diamond miners -- Crimes against -- Sierra Leone.   Diamond industry and trade -- Corrupt practices.   Sierra Leone -- History -- Civil War, 1991-2002. ISBN:  9780465029914 (pbk.) : 0465029914 (pbk.) Description:  xxv, 303 p. : maps ; 23 cm. Edition:  [Rev. and expanded]. Contents:  From pits of despair to altars of love : Kenema, Sierra Leone -- Diamond junction : a smuggler's paradise : Freetown, Sierra Leone -- The gun runners : from Tongo to Tiffany's : Monrovia, Liberia -- Death by diamonds : Operation no living thing : Freetown, Sierra Leone -- The syndicate : a diamond is forever : London -- Waging peace : taking the conflict out of "conflict diamonds" : Makeni, Sierra Leone -- The way station : next stop, Liberia : Kailahun, Sierra Leone -- "The base" : Osama's war chest : West Africa, Afghanistan, New York -- The rough road ahead : mining for peace : Freetown, Sierra Leone. Requests:  0 Summary:  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. This book is the gripping 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. The author traces the deadly trail of these diamonds and shows how the repercussions of diamond smuggling are felt far beyond the borders of the poor and war-ridden country of Africa. Updated with new material from Campbell's return visit to Sierra Leone in 2011, Blood diamonds remains just as timely and important as ever--cover p. [4].   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Language, Literature & History 966.404 Ca Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 966.404 Campbell Checked In Add Copy to MyList Lihue Public Library Adult Nonfiction 966.404 Ca Checked In Add Copy to MyList Salt Lake-Moanalua Public Library YA -- Nonfiction 966.404 Ca Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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