The relationship between Roosevelt and Churchill was really special.
The idea that the United Kingdom and the United States share a unique bond among nations makes for excellent metaphors – as colonial mother and revolutionary child; of classical Greece and the Roman Empire; of two nations divided by a common language. But has it ever really meant anything?
The answer is a qualified yes. And while President Ronald Reagan and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher famously played up the idea to their geopolitical advantages, theirs was mostly an alliance of convenience.
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