"This is an important, gut-wrenching story, one still unfolding in the wake of the war and September 2001."
San Francisco Chronicle

"Mr. Campbell tells this complex tale from a personal, feet-on-the ground perspective.He reminds us that there is no longer any such thing as an isolated conflict that governments and corporations can ignore with impunity."
New York Times

"Campbell takes the reader on a journey to the dark side of the glittering image of diamonds, a darkness too long out of sight of Euro-American consciousness."
Booklist

"Campbell has spoken with individuals all along the pipeline, from miners to soldiers to smugglers.this focused study of the catastrophic effect of blood diamonds on Sierra Leone belongs in all libraries."
Library Journal

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 the world over.
    
Blood Diamonds is the gripping story of how diamond smuggling works, how the rebel war has effectively destroyed Sierra Leone and its people, and how the policies of the diamond industryinstitutionalized in the 1880s by the De Beers cartelhave allowed it to happen. Award-winning journalist Greg Campbell traces the deadly trail of these diamonds and the repercussions felt far beyond the poor and war-ridden country of Sierra Leone.