The only time that has happened is under the pax American because after world war two the nations of Europe where shattered

And both world wars accelerate of the end of the British Empire by anything from 20 to 40 years if not more

It also prevented a transition in his great power status particularly in regards to its Fleet

After the second world war Germany recovered much quicker than Britain did

I got a big on the topic of post war Britain which I plan to read after finishing reading the autobiography of King Henry II

The it's back to Edward Gibbons declined fall of the Roman empire which would be volume two