If you wanted to find the Vietnam War in American television shows, you mostly had to wait until it was long over.

“Full Metal Jacket” fuses both ends of the war machine. “Little Dieter Needs to Fly” (1997) How former soldiers lived with their experience in Vietnam has been a subject of many fine ...

From emotionally charged, visceral blockbusters to stark anti-war films, entertainment reporter Mitchell Hageman breaks down ...