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Episode 422- "Vietnam on the Big Screen: How the Vietnam War Changed Hollywood"
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- Forgotten Hollywood
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- Apr 20, 2026
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Summary
In this episode, I spoke with author Joseph Hulihan about his book "Vietnam on the Big Screen: How the Vietnam War Changed Hollywood". America, it is said, deals with its trauma through the medium of Hollywood, and few experiences have been more traumatic than its involvement in the Vietnam War. As the last US helicopters fled the American Embassy compound during the fall of Saigon, they left behind a country devastated by twenty years of death and destruction.