Blood on the stone
Subtitle: greed, corruption and war in the global diamond trade
By: Ian Smillie
Publisher: Anthem Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780857289797; 9780857289636; 9780857289872
Subjects: Political corruption; Diamond industry and trade; Conflict diamonds
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Of judgement and cunning work : dirty diamonds; title: The river of big returns : geology and history; title: De Beers : the delicate equipoise; title: Strange plumbing : the diamond pipeline; title: Angola : another distracting sideshow; title: Liberia and the love of liberty; title: Sierra Leone : diamonds in the RUF; title: President Mobutu's ghost; title: Enter Al Qaeda; title: Boiling frogs : companies in hot water; title: Ice storm : the NGO campaign; title: Kimberley : a hope in hell; title: Endgames.