Blood Diamonds

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First discovered in 1930, the diamonds of Sierra Leone have funded one of the most savage rebel campaigns in modern history These blood diamonds are smuggled out of West Africa and sold to legitimate diamond merchants in London, Antwerp, and New York, often with the complicity of the international diamond industry Eventually, these very diamonds find their way into the rings and necklaces of brides and spouses the world over Blood Diamonds is the gripping tale of how the diamond smuggling works, how the rebel war has effectively destroyed Sierra Leone and its people, and how the policies of the diamond industry institutionalized in the 1880s by the De Beers cartel have allowed it to happen Award winning journalist Greg Campbell traces the deadly trail of these diamonds, many of which are brought to the world market by fanatical enemies These repercussions of diamond smuggling are felt far beyond the borders of the poor and war ridden country of Sierra Leone, and the consequences of overlooking this African tragedy are both shockingly deadly and unquestionably global Updated with a new epilogue. New Read [ Blood Diamonds ] By [ Greg Campbell ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr How HOW do these things happen And keep happening for years As if the common cutting of limbs, the raping, the murders of children, is all par for the course Par for the course all right Play your round of golf complain about having too much laundry to do bitch about how soggy your fucking french fries are These kids, kid killers, they d get drugged up, snorting mad uppers ten, eleven, twelve year old boys killing babies, murdering their own families, not even knowing why.WHY Ther How HOW do these things happen And keep happening for years As if the common cutting of limbs, the raping, the murders of children, is all par for the course Par for the course all right Play your round of golf complain about having too much laundry to do bitch about how soggy your fucking french fries are These kids, kid killers, they d get drugged up, snorting mad uppers ten, eleven, twelve year old boys killing babies, murdering their own families, not even knowing why.WHY There was a game the kids would play while razing a town They d get out a pregnant lady they hadn t murdered yet and take guesses as to the sex of her child After cutting h...Possibly inspired by Ian Fleming s Diamond Smugglers One book I dreaded to read, and with good cause, as it turned out.Not the book itself, it s pretty well written, but who wants to know the diamond you bought your wife has cost so much slave labor, mutilat...I learned a lot about an area of the world I knew very little The book was a journalistic nonfiction account of Sierra Leone, as opposed to the fictional movie which I also enjoyed.Key takeaways Human beings can be pretty indecent to each other when the economic incentives are right, and when there are no checks on those in charge The RUF murdered and mutilated thousands There is no way to verify a diamond is not a conflict diamond No matter what a diamond seller says, stones are untr I learned a lot about an area of the world I knew very little The book was a journalistic nonfiction account of Sierra Leone, as opposed to the fictional movie which I also enjoyed.Key takeaways Human beings can be pretty indecent to each other when the economic incentives are right, and when there are no checks on those in char...This is a very disturbing book about a conflict far away that most people know little about, or don t care because it has no impact on them Have clueless they are.The impact in this region will be felt for decades.Remember this the next time you go to the mall, And buy that small token of your love Think about how many peoples lives have been destroyed.Big business is only concerned with the bottom line.Charles Taylor ex pres of liberia guilty of war crimes But someone will always be in line This is a very disturbing book about a conflict far away that most people know little about, or don t care because it has no impact on them Have clueless they are.The impact in this region will be felt for decades.Remember this the next ...I am never buying a diamond ever again Ever.Note Contains graphic content, and language.Yes this is the book that the recent movie was based on No I have not seen the movie The author is a journalist, and it shows The depth of research and detail in this book is amazing It outlines in many layers the diamond industry, its history, and its relation to West Africa I had no idea what to expect from the book, and was shocked to learn the horrid details and atrocities that have been occurring for decades there Obviously, like the bumper sticker says, if you are not appalled, you Yes this is the book that the recent movie was based on No I have not seen the movie The author is a journalist, and it shows The depth of rese...The RUF and most of the diamond industry, particularly DeBeers, were guilty members in Sierra Leone s civil war They allowed for ten years of anarchy and chaos to sweep through a country The RUF by being the chaos themselves and DeBeers by enabling them, with money, to continue to do this And yet, only part of the RUF was properly tried and executed for their crimes DeBeers remains as a legal organization that supplies millions diamonds across the world Blood Diamonds provided me with a muc The RUF and most of the diamond industry, particularly DeBeers, were guilty members in Sierra Leone s civil war They allowed for ten years of anarchy and chaos to sweep through a country The RUF by being the chaos themselves and DeBeers by enabling them, with money, to continue to do this And ...I went back and forth from liking some of this book to feeling bogged down in detail by other parts of it Not being familiar with the geography didn t help either The history of the diamond trade in general and in Sierra Leone in particular are interesting, and the ruthlessness of the various gov ts rebels is hard to even comprehend I guess the logistics of the money transfers and amounts involved, althouogh necessary to make his point, made the story a little dry at times I want Simon Winch I went back ...So so book, it has some interesting stories.Too much of the book is about the author,how brave he was to go there,the hardships he suffered,,how if everyone was as clear sighted as him,there wouldn t be a problem, bla bla bla Just w...i don t care how clean you tell me it is, i never want a diamond i read a lot of depressing, intense non fiction, and this was both if not extremely disturbing the prologue alone made me nauseous and sad HOWEVER, i think it s super important to read books like this, because nothing happens ...

Blood Diamonds
  • English
  • 18 September 2017
  • Paperback
  • 280 pages
  • 0813342201
  • Greg Campbell
  • Blood Diamonds