Rey servido y patria honrada

The Spanish Armed Forces are one of the institutions that must ensure the security of society and protect its integrity against any type of threat. That of the Armed Forces is a crucial contribution to the survival of Spain and to the freedom of its citizens. However, despite the essential role it plays in our lives, its role often goes unnoticed by the Spanish. Fernando Alejandre Martínez, who has served almost fifty years in the army and was chief of the Defense Staff between 2017 and 2020, tells in King served and homeland honored his particular vision of the fit of the Armed Forces in Spanish public life. And he also explains how the internal and external threats to which a democracy like ours is exposed have changed, from terrorism and secessionism to the rise of China and Russian meddling. This book, which mixes personal memories, reflections on the military world and testimony of the changes that Spain and the world have undergone for almost half a century, is the most lucid and profound document written in the first person about an institution as vital as unknown to most Spaniards: the Armed Forces.