Abstract
Anglo-America is the third circle of England. Originally within the Empire it has grown in importance as the circle of Empire contracted. Anglo-America includes not just the United States but those other colonies of settlers, especially Australia, Canada, and New Zealand, where English is the first language. These former imperial possessions once shaped by England now shape ‘England’ in return, none more so than the United States. Modern America both attracts and repels in equal measure, leaving most people ambivalent in their feelings towards it. For many Britons America represents the things they most value as well as the things they most detest.
The Anglo-Saxon race is infallibly destined to be the predominant force in the history and civilisation of the world.
Joseph Chamberlain, 19001
The British Empire and the United States will have to be somewhat mixed up together in some of their affairs for mutual and general advantage.
Winston Churchill, 19402
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Gamble, A. (2003). Anglo-America. In: Between Europe and America. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4039-4045-2_5
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