Secrecy and speed requirements doom precipitate putsch planning.
Evidence
As Clemenceau once remarked, for anyone about to revolt “the first day is the best day”. But, as unsuccessful putschists — such as Germany’s Stauffenberg — have also discovered through the ages, the twin necessities of secrecy and speed, hampered by the inevitability of faulty communication, make precipitate planning the greatest and least escapable enemy of conspiracy. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1348
Categorization
- XREF: Parallels the July 20 plot’s logistical failure and connects to the reader’s interest in why coups against de Gaulle failed. — connects to: Bureaucratic practices hinder effective management of information secrecy.