He talked about “the British race” or the “English-speaking peoples.” The so-called “special relationship” between Britain and the US, certainly prized by Churchill, was not so much racial as it was a product of World War II – and a rather complicated one at that.
即使是丘吉尔本人也不常提到盎格鲁－萨克逊这个词。他曾经提到“大不列颠种族”或“以英语为母语的民族。” 所谓英美“特殊关系”确实也曾被丘吉尔所看重，但它其实是没有多少种族意味的二战产物——而且是在极其复杂的背景下产生的。