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The Dictator's Playbook
Idi Amin
Season 1
Episode 6
See how Idi Amin used lessons learned in the colonial British army to build a powerful dictatorship in Uganda. Through a combination of populist charm and brutal violence, he ruled for eight years – until his strategic blunders brought him down.
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Learn how Francisco Franco won the Spanish Civil War and became the dictator of Spain.
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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.