The Dictator's Playbook

Name: The Dictator's Playbook
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2018-06-02
Rating: 7.6
Cast: Tim Beckmann

NR20181 season54m / episodePBS

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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

StatusEnded

First Aired2018-06-02

Last Aired2018-07-07

Created byMark Stevenson

Exec. ProducerKate Harrison Karman, David Brady, Michael Rosenfeld

NetworkPBS

StudioCream Productions, Twin Cities Public Television

Seasons1

Episodes6

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