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Blood diamonds : tracing the deadly path of the world's most precious stones
- Title
- Blood diamonds : tracing the deadly path of the world's most precious stones / Greg Campbell.
- Author
- Campbell, Greg, 1970-
- Publication
- [Boulder] : Westview Press, ©2002.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | HD9677.S52 C36 2002 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xxv, 251 pages : maps; 24 cm
- Summary
- An expose of international diamond smuggling operations considers the rebel campaigns linked to the Sierra Leone diamond mines and how the area and its people have been destroyed by the industry's policies.
- Subject
- 1991-2002
- Diamond industry and trade > Social aspects > Sierra Leone
- Conflict diamonds
- Diamond miners > Crimes against > Sierra Leone
- Diamond industry and trade > Corrupt practices
- Diamantenindustrie
- Bürgerkrieg
- Diamanthandel
- Smokkelen
- Verzet
- Burgeroorlogen
- Sierra Leone
- Diamonds
- International trade
- Exportation and importation
- Civil wars
- Armed conflicts
- Diamants > Industrie et commerce > Sierra Leone
- Diamants > Industrie et commerce > Pratiques déloyales
- Diamantenindustrie
- Sierra Leone > History > Civil War, 1991-2002
- Sierra Leone
- Sierra Leone > Politique et gouvernement > 1961- ..
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references 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.
- ISBN
- 0813339391
- 9780813339399
- 0813342201
- 9780813342207
- LCCN
- 2002004931
- OCLC
- ocm49566172
- 49566172
- SCSB-1263384
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library