The Dictator’s Playbook
Explore how dictators, from Mussolini to Saddam Hussein, seized, held and fell from power.

Saddam Hussein
S1 Ep2 | 54m 11s
Learn how Saddam Hussein seized power in Iraq and maintained it for almost 30 years.

Benito Mussolini
S1 Ep3 | 54m 11s
Meet the man who created fascism, an ideology that plunged most of Europe into darkness.

Manuel Noriega
S1 Ep4 | 54m 11s
Watch Manuel Noriega rise to power in Panama, and witness his sudden downfall.

Francisco Franco
S1 Ep5 | 54m 11s
Learn how Francisco Franco won the Spanish Civil War and became the dictator of Spain.

Idi Amin
S1 Ep6 | 54m 11s
See how Idi Amin used military force to seize power and build a dictatorship in Uganda.

Ep 1: Kim Il Sung | Preview
30s
Kim Il Sung created a North Korean dictatorship that has lasted for three generations.

Ep 2: Saddam Hussein | Preview
30s
Learn how Saddam Hussein seized power in Iraq and maintained it for almost 30 years.

Ep 3: Benito Mussolini | Preview
30s
Meet the man who created fascism, an ideology that plunges all of Europe into darkness.

Ep 4: Manuel Noriega | Preview
30s
Watch Manuel Noriega’s rise from his early military days to his dictatorship’s sudden end.

Ep 5: Francisco Franco | Preview
30s
Learn how Francisco Franco won the Spanish Civil War and became the dictator of Spain.

Ep 1: Kim Il Sung | Prologue
S1 Ep1 | 2m 51s
Watch Kim Il Sung’s transformation from guerrilla fighter to dictator of North Korea.

Ep 2: Saddam Hussein | Prologue
S1 Ep2 | 3m 5s
Learn how Saddam Hussein seized power in Iraq and maintained it for almost 30 years.

Ep 3: Benito Mussolini | Prologue
S1 Ep3 | 2m 34s
Meet the man who created fascism, an ideology that plunged most of Europe into darkness.

Ep 4: Manuel Noriega | Prologue
S1 Ep4 | 2m 14s
Watch Manuel Noriega rise to power in Panama, and witness his sudden downfall.

Ep 5: Francisco Franco | Prologue
S1 Ep5 | 1m 59s
Learn how Francisco Franco won the Spanish Civil War and became the dictator of Spain.

Ep 6: Idi Amin | Prologue
S1 Ep6 | 2m 47s
See how Idi Amin used military force to seize power and build a dictatorship in Uganda.
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