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Consider these:

1. The United States at the time when she gained her independence (ca. 1776-1783) was much weaker economically and militarily compared to the British Empire.
2. The United States at the time of the Cold War (ca. 1945-1991) was much stronger economically and militarily than the United Kingdom and her fading Empire.

Those two are facts and have been accepted and widely believed, AFAIK.

However, this begs a question: if the power of United States was continuously increased during 1783-1945 to the point when she outpaced her British counterpart, what was the period when the power of United States and United Kingdom were roughly equal?

(this image fits with the topic, anyway :cool:)

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