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...Designed to demonstrate that the world community opposed Saddam Hussein, it was also meant to show that the Iraqi strongman was not the leader of an Arab-Muslim holy war against the infidel. That was the symbolism, a display of teamwork that skeptics thought would work only in an internationalist's fantasy. In practice, however, the alliance moved as a smoothly coordinated machine during the stunningly triumphant 100-hour ground war. While U.S. forces were the backbone of the operation, its success relied on the nerve and muscle of a variety of nationalities. Lieut. General Peter de la Billiere, commander...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Allies: A Partnership to Remember | 3/11/1991 | See Source »

...just the cast and the sound track that are so familiar. Once again, the U.S. is trying to reconcile two qualities that lend themselves to generous interpretation: the internationalist ideal that drives its foreign policy and the aversion to bloodshed that comes naturally to a humane and democratic people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: America Abroad: Woodrow Wilson in the Gulf | 12/24/1990 | See Source »

...hidden thoughts and demokratizatsiya opened the door to new organizations and popular movements. National fronts were formed in almost every part of the country to advance ethnic, linguistic and cultural causes. Marx and Lenin had held that life under socialism would submerge such differences in the sea of workers' internationalist unity. As has so often been the case, Marxist-Leninist theory was wrong...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LASHED BY THE FLAGS OF FREEDOM | 3/12/1990 | See Source »

...Creator may have finished his big job in six days, but Giammetti's creator works full time to fuel his fashion empire (estimated wholesale haul for 1989: $600 million), and has for some time been trying to seem like an internationalist. Valentino's ready-to-wear has been on view in Paris for the past 14 years without attracting a commotion. Gigli is looking for an imprimatur, separating himself from the excellent elegances of Milan in favor of the more experimental company in Paris. The intrepid Japanese designers show their stuff in Paris; so do the haut trendies like Jean...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Fashion Without Frontiers | 3/20/1989 | See Source »

...jumped off their vehicles to dance with local Turkmen women. For the men in the convoy and an additional 10,000 withdrawn during the past two weeks, the war was over. Asked what the pullback meant to them, the soldiers generally repeated the official line of having "fulfilled their internationalist duty," though one lieutenant was more candid. Said he: "Obviously, it is time to leave. Gorbachev himself said that Afghanistan was something of a mistake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Afghanistan: Careful Exit from An Endless War | 8/29/1988 | See Source »

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