Table of contents
Acknowledgements

The relationship between resources and conflict
The nature of resource conflicts
　Lootability and obstructability: Factors in resource exploitation
　The resource curse
　The proliferation of arms and combatants
How conflicts are financed by natural resource pillage
　Sierra Leone and Liberia: Trapped in a vicious cycle?
　Democratic Republic of the Congo: The New Wealth Grab
　Angola: Diamonds versus oil
　Colombia: Narcotics, petroleum, and indigenous peoples
How resource extraction can trigger conflict
　Indonesia: The Suharto legacy
　Bougainville: Copper and secession
　Nigeria: Repression in the delta
Collateral damage: The environmental toll
Sanctions, certification systems, and economic diversification

Appendices
　Appendix 1. Where resources and conflict intersect: Selected examples
　Appendix 2. Sources of information on conflict commodities and related issues
Notes
Index