The Dictator's Playbook

2019

5.0

2 reviews

TV-14

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Season 1 episodes (6)

1 Kim Il Sung

1/9/19

See how Kim Il Sung created a North Korean dictatorship that has lasted for three generations.

2 Saddam Hussein

1/16/19

Learn how Saddam Hussein seized power in Iraq and maintained it for almost 30 years.

3 Benito Mussolini

1/23/19

Meet the man who created fascism, an ideology that would plunge all of Europe into darkness.

4 Manuel Noriega

1/30/19

Watch Manuel Noriega’s rise and fall, from his early military days to his dictatorship’s sudden end.

5 Francisco Franco

2/6/19

Learn how Francisco Franco won the Spanish Civil War and became the dictator of Spain.

6 Idi Amin

2/13/19

See how Idi Amin used military force to achieve power and build his dictatorship in Uganda.

About this show

From Mussolini to Saddam Hussein, dictators have shaped the world we live in. This series answers how dictators seized and wielded power in six immersive hours, each a revealing portrait of brutality.

Ratings and reviews

5.0

2 reviews

Noah Michaud

November 6, 2020

Fascism is a grea ideology. Hail Mosley, Rockwell, Mussolini, and Franco

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