The article makes it seem like military coups happen every six years or so: "at least the 12th...since 1932". Here in the UK elections are every five years - w

The article makes it seem like military coups happen every six years or so: "at least the 12th...since 1932". Here in the UK elections are every five years - we've only had 18 since 1932, and no military coups. Is it possible that there's a cultural division - "military coup" perhaps sounds more dramatic and decisive to us than it does to a culture that has seen so many of them.