Lenin's New Economic Policy Signifies a Strategical Retrenchment

"We sustained a more serious defeat on the economic front than any defeat inflicted on us by kolchak, denikin and pilsski. This defeat was much more serious, significant and dangerous," he says. "If you are defeated in a battle, you retreat and regroup if you plan on ultimately winning the war." The party had to commit to the n e p quot seriously and for a long time, Lenin said.