Glitter and Greed : The Secret World of the Diamond Cartel

by Roberts, Janine

• ISBN13: 9781932857603
• ISBN10: 1932857605
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-04-01
• Publisher: Disinformation Co

Summary

Rare, romantic, and forever: The diamond industry depends on these myths to reap billions of dollars of profit. This sensational investigation explodes such fallacies and reveals how multimillion-dollar advertising campaigns create the impression of rarity and romance. It reveals a very secret and unromantic world, one that is dominated and controlled by a handful of mighty corporations. With Leonardo DiCaprio's new movie The Blood Diamond making more people than ever aware of the seamy side of the diamond trade, Janine Roberts' explosive expose, taking us through seven decades of intrigue and manipulation, is the right book at the right time.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Foreword: The Real Blood Diamonds	p. xi
Introduction: Blood Diamonds and Terrorists: An Overview	p. 1
The Diamond Hunt	p. 15
In Bondage - The Child and Adult Cutters of India	p. 45
Diamonds and Tribal Rights	p. 61
How Diamonds Were Made Rare	p. 83
How the Only US Diamond Mine Was Sabotaged	p. 99
Rationing the United States	p. 115
Diamonds for Hitler	p. 131
Selling the Diamond Myth	p. 147
The Forging of Diamonds	p. 157
Selling Conflict Diamonds to the White House	p. 169
The Most Powerful of Diamond Merchants	p. 193
The Secret Movement Of Diamonds	p. 209
Conflict Diamonds and the Diamond Wars	p. 223
The Secrets of The World's Most Prolific Diamond Mine; and Lessons from Fraud in Sierra Leone	p. 237
The Diamonds of the Frozen North	p. 261
The Diamond Heartland of De Beers	p. 285
Defending the Crown	p. 303
The Future of the Diamond Trade	p. 325
Epilogue: Dangers of the Hunt: The Making of The Diamond Empire and of this book	p. 347
Glossary	p. 361
Bibliography	p. 365
The Clean Diamond Trade Act	p. 367
Index	p. 371
About the Author	p. 375
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