How I Became Involved in a Coup

You are in the army and you are ordered to take part in a coup. What would you do?

Antonio Tejero and his policemen taking over the Spanish Congress. Source The Guardian.

In just a few days, on February 23, it will be the 40th anniversary of a coup (known in Spain as the 23-F) that tried to reverse Spain’s transition to democracy and bring the country back to a Fascist dictatorship. Given the ongoing debate about whether the January 6th…