The Dictator's Playbook
2019 · PBS · 60 min · 1 season
S01E06 · Idi Amin
Thu, 14 Feb, 2:00 pm
See how Idi Amin used military force to achieve power and build his dictatorship in Uganda.
About
Learn how six dictators, from Mussolini to Saddam Hussein, shaped the 20th century. How did they seize and lose power? What forces were against them? Learn the answers in these six immersive hours, each a revealing portrait of brutality and power.
Episodes
- E01
Kim Ii Sung
Thu, 10 Jan· 60 minSee how Kim Il Sung created a North Korean dictatorship that has lasted for three generations.
- E02
Saddam Hussein
Thu, 17 Jan· 60 minLearn how Saddam Hussein seized power in Iraq and maintained it for almost 30 years.
- E03
Benito Mussolini
Thu, 24 Jan· 60 minMeet the man who created fascism, an ideology that would plunge all of Europe into darkness.
- E04
Manuel Noriega
Thu, 31 Jan· 60 minWatch Manuel Noriega's rise and fall, from his early military days to his dictatorship's sudden end.
- E05
Francisco Franco
Thu, 7 Feb· 60 minLearn how Francisco Franco won the Spanish Civil War and became the dictator of Spain.
- E06
Idi Amin
Thu, 14 Feb· 60 minSee how Idi Amin used military force to achieve power and build his dictatorship in Uganda.
