TV Series · 2018
The Dictator's Playbook
54 min · Documentary · Ended
Composite
6.1
IMDb
7.6 / 10
397 votes
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7.6 / 10
7 votes
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Synopsis
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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Cast
Crew
Directing
- Mark Stevenson Director
Production
- Matt Booi Producer
- David Brady Executive Producer
- Kate Harrison Karman Executive Producer
- Patrick Cameron Producer
- Michael Rosenfeld Executive Producer
Writing
- Greg Beer Writer
- Denis Seguin Writer
- Robert Eaton Writer
- Christopher Blow Writer
- James Ellis Writer
Seasons & episodes
Season 1 (1 ep)
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6. Idi Amin
Jul 7, 2018 · 54 min
A look at the techniques used by Idi Amin to rise from humble beginnings and build a powerful dictatorship in Uganda. Amin became an expert at deploying military force to achieve political power, a lesson he first learned from the British as a soldier in the colonial army. Through a combination of populist charm and brutal violence, backed up by a vast police state, Idi Amin managed to rule Uganda for eight years.
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