Did wars-of-choice thinking begin after the Cold War?

Is wars-of-choice thinking new, given Britain's experience of splendid isolation?

No. British splendid isolation and American neutrality or isolationism are earlier examples; the reply emphasizes how widely the idea took hold after the Cold War.

The reply accepts that wars-of-choice thinking has older precedents. British splendid isolation and American neutrality or isolationism are cited as examples. The distinction drawn is the breadth of its influence across countries from the 1990s, in the context of the preceding discussion of reduced mine-warfare fleets.