What is the difference between War Communism and the New Economic Policy?

NEP was only meant to be a temporary measure to kickstart the economy after the disasters of WWI and the Civil War. Marxist orthodoxy claims that in order to achieve Communism the means of production must be owned by the workers.

NEP still had the banks and large enterprises under government ownership, as per War Communism, but it allowed small businesses and farmers to own their businesses. By the mid 1920s NEP was creating a prosperous class of business owners and some farmers were also prospering - and the debate on what to replace it with was gathering momentum. By 1928 the argument had been settled in favour of the Five Year Plans.

NEP was seen as a failure by the Marxist Bolsheviks because it was an economic success and the reason for the shift in policy in 1928 / 29 was because of ideological considerations.

The main disadvantage was that it was not creating an urban working class, nor was it modernising Russian industry as fast as was considered necessary - as Russia felt isolated and encircled, the threat of invasion snuffing out the revolution was never far from the minds of the leading Bolsheviks.

It was not a failure as a business model, in fact it was remarkably successful, creating some social divisions between the prosperous "NEPmen" and other workers.

See:

http://www.soviethistory.org/index.php?page=subjec...

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RUSfive.htm

conflict Communism is at the same time as anybody receives in touch with protection stress and military issues. All peasants and lowerclassmen were instructed to hitch the military, the position communism is equipped in. conflict communism did not quite paintings as well as planned. NEP is at the same time as Lenin took a step back from conflict Communism and used both communism and Capitalism options. He used capitalism (industrializing, and anybody operating for on income). He used it in simple terms to strengthen the commercial equipment of Russia/ u.s., and he had determined that when New economic coverage (NEP) he might want to go back to communism. even if, at the same time as conflict Communism did not paintings, NEP did! i wish I helped solid success! :D