Reply #14: There's Some Very Good Work on "War Diamonds"

[LoneStarLiberal]

There's some very good and very illuminating work being done on war diamonds and mineral profiteering in the last couple of years in my field (political science).

If you'd like a broader social and economic take on diamonds, I highly recommend Matthew Hart's <i>Diamond: Journey Into the Heart of an Obsession</i>. The Amazon link is below:

<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0802713688/ref=pd_bxgy_text_1/002-3079125-2419206?v=glance&s=books&st=*>

Fascinating stuff. Hart does a good job of bringing home what a relatively modern piece of fluff convention it is that diamonds and marriage are inseperable. It comes from the same marketing meme as SUVs make you invincible on the road.