I Was Wrong: The Meanings of Apologies
"[This] book is lucid and learned, a rare combination. A must read for anyone interested in promoting civility in discourse...Highly recommended.-D. Stewart, emeritus, Ohio University, Choice"Smith provides us with a comprehensive and eminently sensible sourcebook on apologetic meaning. Smith has done a service by offering extensive and clearly written analyses of many aspects of apology as well as a great number of compelling and detailed examples. We have here...an accurate guidebook to the many subtle ways apologies can succeed or fail."--Matthew Talbert, West Virginia University, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews