Blood diamonds : tracing the deadly path of the world's most precious stones / Greg Campbell
| Author(s): | Campbell, Greg |
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| Subjects: | Diamond industry and trade--Social aspects--Sierra Leone Diamond miners--Crimes against--Sierra Leone Diamond industry and trade--Corrupt practices Sierra Leone--History--Civil War, 1991-2002 |
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| Material Type: | Books |
| Language: | English |
| Audience: | Unspecified |
| Published: | [Boulder] : Westview Press, c2002 |
| LC Classification: | H, HD |
| Table of Contents: | Glossary Prologue: Impact: The Price of Diamonds 1. From Pits of Despair to Altars of Love: Kenema, Sierra Leone 1 2. Diamond Junction: A Smuggler's Paradise: Freetown, Sierra Leone 25 3. The Gun Runners: From Tongo to Tiffany's: Monrovia, Liberia 59 4. Death by Diamonds: Operation No Living Thing: Freetown, Sierra Leone 79 5. The Syndicate: A Diamond Is Forever: London 99 6. Waging Peace: Taking the Conflict out of "Conflict Diamonds": Makeni, Sierra Leone 139 7. The Way Station: Next Stop, Liberia: Kailahun, Sierra Leone 165 8. "The Base": Osama's War Chest: West Africa, Afghanistan, New York 183 9. The Rough Road Ahead: Mining for Peace: Freetown, Sierra Leone 203 Epilogue 213 Acknowledgments 227 Notes 231 Index 239 |
| Notes: | LCCN: 2002004931 ISBN: 0813339391 (alk. paper) Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-237) and index Contents: 1. From pits of despair to altars of love : Kenema, Sierra Leone -- 2. Diamond junction : a smuggler's paradise : Freetown, Sierra Leone -- 3. The gun runners : from Tongo to Tiffany's : Monrovia, Liberia -- 4. Death by diamonds : Operation no living thing : Freetown, Sierra Leone -- 5. The syndicate : a diamond is forever : London -- 6. Waging peace : taking the conflict out of "conflict diamonds" : Makeni, Sierra Leone -- 7. The way station : next stop, Liberia : Kailahun, Sierra Leone -- 8. "The base" : Osama's war chest : West Africa, Afghanistan, New York -- 9. The rough road ahead : mining for peace : Freetown, Sierra Leone |
| Physical Description: | xxv, 251 p. : maps ; 24 cm |
| OCLC Number: | 49566172 |
| ISBN/ISSN: | 0813339391 |