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.

XREF: Relates to the classic tension between speed and secrecy in any collaborative operation — echoes principles known from military planning and organizational change.

Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Alge…, loc. 1348