The Dictator's Playbook(2018)
Documentary
First Air Date: 2018-06-02
Average Runtime: 54m
Rating: 7.6
Votes: 5
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 6
Learn how six dictators, from Mussolini to Saddam Hussein, shaped the 20th century. How did they seize and lose power? What forces were against them? Learn the answers in these six immersive hours, each a revealing portrait of brutality and power.
Keywords
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Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes: 6E01
Kim Il Sung
Air Date: 2018-06-02
A look at the methods used by Kim il Sung to transform North Korea into the most controlled society on Earth. After t...
E02
Saddam Hussein
Air Date: 2018-06-09
An examination of the techniques and tactics Saddam Hussein used to rise from a low level enforcer to become the supr...
E03
Benito Mussolini
Air Date: 2018-06-16
A study of the methods used by Italian dictator Benito Mussolini to rise to power and turn Italy into the first fasci...
E04
Manuel Noriega
Air Date: 2018-06-23
A study of the methods used by Manuel Noriega to rise from poverty to become dictator of Panama for six tumultuous ye...
E05
Francisco Franco
Air Date: 2018-06-30
An exploration of the methods and tactics of Generalissimo Francisco Franco, who controlled Spain with absolute power...
E06
Idi Amin
Air Date: 2018-07-07
A look at the techniques used by Idi Amin to rise from humble beginnings and build a powerful dictatorship in Uganda....
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