How to Become a Tyrant
2021 · 1 season · 6 episodes · Documentary, War & Politics
The documentary series explores different political figures throughout history.
Seasons
1 season · 6 episodes- 1
Seize Power
9 Jul 2021 31m
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.
- 2
Crush Your Rivals
9 Jul 2021 27m
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.
- 3
Reign Through Terror
9 Jul 2021 28m
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.
- 4
Control the Truth
9 Jul 2021 27m
Through public relations spin, revisionist history and censorship. Soviet autocrat Joseph Stalin found a certain flexibility with the truth useful.
- 5
Create a New Society
9 Jul 2021 26m
Free speech? Right to assembly? Rebel-turned-dictator Muammar Gaddafi realized that civil liberties had to go when reshaping society. But he got soft.
- 6
Rule Forever
9 Jul 2021 30m
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.
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