The Dictator's Playbook

Premiered January 2019

Explore how dictators, from Mussolini to Saddam Hussein, seized, held and fell from power.

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.

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