Oliver Stone’s Platoon, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture and was a massive box office success, opened the door for a new conversation about Vietnam both at the cinema and in wider culture ...

A divisive conflict that had long-term implications for the U.S., the Vietnam War was initially a civil war that became a broader/global one, with the U.S. and its allies supporting South Vietnam, and ...

From 1955 to 1975, the Vietnam War raged across Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. All war is a tragic waste of life, but this conflict in particular is among the most widely unpopular of the entire 20th ...

There’s not much one can say that's positive about the Vietnam war, outside of its impact on culture. There were the rock concerts, the fashion trends and, in time, movies made in response to that ...