The country was bankrupt and His Majesty’s colonial subjects were growing restive. The future belonged to the US and the Soviet Union, neither of which had sentimental feelings about the British Empire, let alone the “Anglo-Saxons.”
但是到战争真正结束时，英国已经筋疲力尽，无法再承担世界警察的角色。国家陷入破产，国王陛下的殖民地臣民则越来越难以驾驭。未来属于美国和苏联，这两个国家对大英帝国、更不要说“盎格鲁－萨克逊人”都没有多少感伤情怀。