Gerald DeGroot Quotes
All this strategy is, in truth, an attempt to impose individual will upon a recalcitrant world …. Strategy is often simply a charade—erzatz order imposed on a stubbornly disordered world.
“Erzatz” is a German word meaning imitation with the connotation that the imitation is far inferior to the original.
Gerald DeGroot, English Historian, “Culture Review”, The Washington Post, December 15, 2013
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The British had committed to self-government and independence for India. However, there was great pressure from Muslims for a partition of India to have a separate independent state—Pakistan. The British had to decide whether there should be a separate Muslim state and if so what area should it encompass?" 1st Baron Ismay
His last name was withheld for security purposes.
The Central Intelligence Agency had a hand in the assassination having smuggled in the weapons. However, the government takeover plan did not go as expected and there was no clear alternative plan to go to.
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