Love and War

Alex Klaits and Gulchin Gulmamadova-Klaits share some of the interviews they conducted with ordinary men and women in northern Afghanistan for a new book, Love and War in Afghanistan. Next, Kenneth Ackerman tells us about the life of William “Boss” Tweed, the man who made New York politics almost synonymous with political corruption and graft after the Civil War. Then, Thomas Dyja describes his new novel—a look at a spate of lynchings in Tennessee in 1918. And in our weekly Please Explain feature, we look into the history of games, and why we play them.