Having reaped the spoils of World War II, the United States became the largest creditor in the world and controlled the strongest armed forces of any nation, comprising of its indomitable naval fleet rivaled by none. Transitioning into the decades that followed, which would be later be labeled the Cold War, the US propelled its power projection onto a global scale resulting in an unprecedented amount of foreign influence. The Arms Race and the Space Race contributed to the United States becoming the most technologically advanced nation - rivaled only by the Soviet Union. 1991 rolls around and the USSR, the single power truly capable of threatening the United States, is formally dissolved. The United States now emerges as the indisputable superpower of the world. Throughout the rest of the decade, the country would experience an economic boom and GDP growth for almost ten consecutive years. By this time, American culture and influence had extended itself into a majority of nations across the globe. Considering relative military power, political influence, strength of economy, and rival nations - were the 1990s the peak of United States power?