The Dictator's Playbook

  • Premiered: Jan 2019
  • Episodes: 6
  • Followers: 7
  • Ended
  • PBS
  • Wednesday at 22
  • Documentary History Mini-series

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Season 1
1x1
Kim Il Sung
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 09, 2019
Witness Kim Il Sung's transformation from guerrilla fighter to brutal dictator of North Korea. How did he build the most controlled society on earth and launch a dictatorship that has lasted for three generations?
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Saddam Hussein
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Air date
Jan 16, 2019
How Saddam Hussein ruled Iraq with an iron fist for almost 30 years. To maintain power, he used fear, intimidation and violence like few other dictators in history, but he made the fatal mistake of believing his regime could take on the world.
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Benito Mussolini
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 23, 2019
The story of Italy's Benito Mussolini (1883-1945), who was a pioneer among 20th-century dictators. From undermining judges to indoctrinating children, he forged key tactics for seizing .. show full overview
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Manuel Noriega
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Air date
Jan 30, 2019
Manuel Noriega's rise through the Panamanian military to become chief of intelligence and then, military dictator, is chronicled. He spied for the U.S. but, in the end, money laundering, drug trafficking and political crimes led to his downfall.
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Francisco Franco
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Air date
Feb 06, 2019
How Francisco Franco used the tactics of colonial war to win control of Spain. Driven by a deeply conservative vision, he used torture, murder and incarceration to transform Spanish society.
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Idi Amin
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Feb 13, 2019
See how Idi Amin used lessons learned in the colonial British army to build a powerful dictatorship in Uganda. Through a combination of populist charm and brutal violence, he ruled for eight years – until his strategic blunders brought him down.

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