The army refused to act to oppose the Republic without backing a monarchy

Evidence

See Luxemburg, loc. cit.: “The reason the army was reluctant to make a move was that it wanted to show its opposition to the civil power of the republic, without at the same time losing the force of that opposition by committing itself to a monarchy.” — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 2120

Categorization

• DEFINE: Explains the structural deadlock of the coup attempts — a military whose opposition had no institutional alternative to aim at.