How to Become a Tyrant

Miniseries

6 episodes · Jul 9, 2021

The documentary series explores different political figures throughout history.

0/6 watched

Swipe a row to mark watched · long-press to mark up to there

  • Seize Power
    S1E1

    Seize Power

    Jul 9, 202131m

    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.

    Reviews
  • Crush Your Rivals
    S1E2

    Crush Your Rivals

    Jul 9, 202127m

    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.

    Reviews
  • Reign Through Terror
    S1E3

    Reign Through Terror

    Jul 9, 202128m

    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.

    Reviews
  • Control the Truth
    S1E4

    Control the Truth

    Jul 9, 202127m

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

    Reviews
  • Create a New Society
    S1E5

    Create a New Society

    Jul 9, 202126m

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

    Reviews
  • Rule Forever
    S1E6

    Rule Forever

    Jul 9, 202130m

    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.

    Reviews