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>> ix Acknowledgments Few activities reveal the limitations of oneself and the generosity of others more convincingly than writing a book. Although my name is the only one to appear under the title, many people contributed to the actual writing of this book—including people I have never met. It is with profound gratitude that I now acknowledge these generous individuals and their considerable offscreen contributions. I thank my friends and colleagues at Otterbein University who advised me, in particular, Pegi Lobb, Noam Shpancer, Alice Wiemers, Allan Cooper, Beth Daugherty, and Marsha Aman. I am especially grateful to Pegi Lobb for carefully reading each of my chapters—more than once—and providing knowledgeable, focused insights each time. I am also grateful for her genuine encouragement of my work and her enlightened belief in the potential of restorative justice. I thank Noam Shpancer for his wisdom and discerning friendship—and for inadvertently motivating me by starting and finishing three books while I was writing this one. I also thank the historian Alice Wiemers for her observant critique of chapter 2. I am indebted to the sabbatical program at Otterbein University, to the NEH Faculty Development Fund for allowing me to study at the Bodleian Library, to my overworked department chair, Michele Acker, and to academic deans who patiently supported my research even when its pace seemed glacial. I thank my students, present and past, for challenging and reinterpreting my ideas, and while doing so, encouraging humility—especially Stan Darling, Danielle Gagliano, Tanya Brown, Phillip Cantor, and MaryBeth Bailar. At NYU Press, I am grateful to Jennifer Hammer for her distinctive blend of firmness, subtlety, and tact as she skillfully edited my manuscript. Her quickness and grace in answering my questions were x > xi Finally, I thank the Amnesty Committee of South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission for not only getting to the bottom of illegal violence during apartheid but—unlike so many other commissions— getting to the top as well. Ultimately, this book would not exist without the transcendent wisdom of Nelson Mandela and the hard work and daily heroism of all the members of the Amnesty Committee as they conducted the amnesty hearings and guided South Africa’s search for truth and reconciliation. This page intentionally left blank ...

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