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

By Ian , Smillie

Book information

Publisher
Anthem Press
Year
2010
ISBN
9780857286611, 0857286617, 9780857289797, 0857289799, 9780857289872, 085728987X
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
783 kB (801417 bytes)
Pages
xiv, 237 pages\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Exports & Imports;BUSINESS &

Description

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.;'Blood on the Stone' is a gripping account of the cartel, warlords, gun runners and shadowy traders who populated Africa's bloody diamond wars, and the faltering, decade-long effort to clean up an entire industry.

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