<p>Africa's diamond wars took four million lives. &#8216;Blood on the Stone&#8217; tells the story of how diamonds came to be so dangerous describing the great diamond cartel and a dangerous pipeline leading from war-torn Africa to the glittering showrooms of Paris London and New York. It describes the campaign that forced an industry and more than 50 governments to create a global control mechanism and it provides a sobering prognosis on its future.</p>