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The Dictator's Playbook

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.

1 Season · 6 Episodes

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Idi Amin

The Dictator's Playbook Episode 6 | 54m 11s | CC

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.

A Cream Production in association with Twin Cities Public Television, Inc. and PBS.

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