How to Become a Tyrant

The documentary series explores different political figures throughout history.

Genre: Documentary, War & Politics,

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Country: United States of America,

Type: tv

Season: 1

Episode: N/A

Duration: 30 minutes

Release: 2021-07-09

Rating: 7.36

Season 1 - How to Become a Tyrant
2021-07-09
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.
2021-07-09
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.
2021-07-09
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.
2021-07-09
Through public relations spin, revisionist history and censorship. Soviet autocrat Joseph Stalin found a certain flexibility with the truth useful.
2021-07-09
Free speech? Right to assembly? Rebel-turned-dictator Muammar Gaddafi realized that civil liberties had to go when reshaping society. But he got soft.
2021-07-09
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.