Summer of '71: Five Months That Changed America

Inflation rages. Crime is rising. Abortion rights take center stage at the Supreme Court. China poses an existential threat. Black lives are under attack. The president battles the press as he seeks to subvert not just the political order but the rule of law itself. This is theSummer of '71-a pivotal season of hope and despair, missed opportunities and era-changing decisions.

More than a half-century later, it's difficult to overstate the importance of events that defined the American experi...