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How to Become a Tyrant

How to Become a Tyrant
★ 7.3/10•2021•30m•TV-MA•Documentary•War & Politics
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The documentary series explores different political figures throughout history.

StatusEnded
Runtime30m
LanguageEN
First Air DateJul 9, 2021

Episodes

Episode 1 - Seize PowerE131m

Seize Power

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.

Jul 9, 2021

Episode 2 - Crush Your RivalsE227m

Crush Your Rivals

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.

Jul 9, 2021

Episode 3 - Reign Through TerrorE328m

Reign Through Terror

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.

Jul 9, 2021

Episode 4 - Control the TruthE427m

Control the Truth

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

Jul 9, 2021

Episode 5 - Create a New SocietyE526m

Create a New Society

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

Jul 9, 2021

Episode 6 - Rule ForeverE630m

Rule Forever

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.

Jul 9, 2021

Actors

Peter Dinklage

Peter Dinklage

Self - Narrator (voice)

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