Accurate or not, hokey or not, the ad campaigns are the most interesting parts of the film—especially since side plots involving Saavedra’s family life are underdeveloped. For all its flaws, "No" succeeds because the marketers sell the audience, too.

“Combat!” is a terrific dramatic series, one which seems realistic enough, but is more devoted to depicting personal dramas than statements about conflict. War is just the incidental arena within which those dramas play themselves out. This season is arguably the show's best.

We'll never see anything like it again, but that's OK because ninety years of evidence has proven that nobody's ever going to do it better.

It’s far from perfect, but still a fun ride.