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The Dictator's Playbook
Francisco Franco
Season 1
Episode 5
Learn 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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See how Idi Amin used military force to seize power and build a dictatorship in Uganda.
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Watch Manuel Noriega rise to power in Panama, and witness his sudden downfall.
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Meet the man who created fascism, an ideology that plunged most of Europe into darkness.
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Learn how Saddam Hussein seized power in Iraq and maintained it for almost 30 years.
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Kim Il Sung created a North Korean dictatorship that has lasted for three generations.