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How to Become a Tyrant

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The documentary series explores different political figures throughout history.

DocumentaryWar & Politics

3.7 / 5

9th July 2021 - 9th July 2021
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Peter Dinklage
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Seize Power Still
Seize Power
9th July 2021

Episode 1

Interested in becoming a tyrant? There are rules, and the playbook for a rise to dictatorship starts with one of history's most brutal: Adolf Hitler.

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Crush Your Rivals
9th July 2021

Episode 2

You've secured your place at the top, but maintaining power means watching your back. Nobody did that better or more ruthlessly than Saddam Hussein.

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Reign Through Terror
9th July 2021

Episode 3

When keeping your population under control, is it better to be loved or feared? Idi Amin certainly thought he knew the right answer to that question.

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Control the Truth
9th July 2021

Episode 4

Through public relations spin, revisionist history and censorship. Soviet autocrat Joseph Stalin found a certain flexibility with the truth useful.

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Create a New Society
9th July 2021

Episode 5

Free speech? Right to assembly? Rebel-turned-dictator Muammar Gaddafi realized that civil liberties had to go when reshaping society. But he got soft.

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Rule Forever
9th July 2021

Episode 6

Seizing power is hard, but keeping it is harder. In North Korea, the Kim dynasty unlocked the secret to ruling forever: They declared themselves gods.

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