Historically, it is what it means
No, it isnt. Its the question of whether a Socialist country can and should try to survive as a singular expression of socialism, and trade and engage in diplomacy with capitalists powers and let them do their capitalism while you do socialism.
Neither side of the question advocated for war with the west.Trotsky was willing to throw away half the union to avoid war, stalin engaged honestly with every treacherous liar in the west.
And they managed to do so, so what's the point?
That socialism in one country still necessitated preparing to fight the entire world with all its advantages.
Adam Kay wrote a book and did a TV show about how he personally watched the NHS break a young doctor mentally to the point of suicide and how it slowly leeched the humanity from those who didn't break, and then he made british Doogie Howser.