1995 Volume 37 Issue 3 Pages 1-7
The Soviet Union as the center of the counter part of the cold war Imperialism ceased to exist. Why did it cease to exist? What was the cold war system after World War II? It is the problem with which we are here concerned. In order to approach the problem, this paper deals with the consideration of the historical significance of Soviet socializm as the original type of 'the 20th century socialism' which was built in nineteen-thirties and ceased to exist in 1991. In such a case, we have to analyze it in the organic ring of the world history in 20th century. At first, in the stage of the formation of 'the 20th century socialism' in nineteen-thirties, we must pay attention to the characteristics in the construction of an autarky economic system and 'the socialism in one country'. Justification of 'the socialism in one country' brought 'the 20th century socialism' to degeneration into formalism. After World War II, in opposition to cold war policy of Imperialism 'the socialism in one country' has transformed its' character and universalized. And then it has changed into 'cold war socialism'. Economic pressure of the nuclear military force forms a remote cause of the fall of 'the 20th century sosialism'. The 20th century was an American era and 'the 20th century socialism' ran after American productivity, but because of reversal construction of economic system and of unproductivity of 'the 20th century socialism', it couldn't continue its life. The subject of subversion of capitalism will have to make a flesh start.
