Blood on the stone : greed, corruption and war in the global diamond trade /

Blood on the stone : greed, corruption and war in the global diamond trade /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smillie, Ian
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Ottawa, ON : Anthem Press ; International Development Research Centre, 2010.
Subjects:
Diamond industry and trade > Africa.
Conflict diamonds > Africa.
Political corruption > Africa.
Table of Contents:
  • Of judgement and cunning work : dirty diamonds
  • The river of big returns : geology and history
  • De Beers : the delicate equipoise
  • Strange plumbing : the diamond pipeline
  • Angola : another distracting sideshow
  • Liberia and the love of liberty
  • Sierra Leone : diamonds in the RUF
  • President Mobutu's ghost
  • Enter Al Qaeda
  • Boiling frogs : companies in hot water
  • Ice storm : the NGO campaign
  • Kimberley : a hope in hell
  • Endgames.