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S1E2
Crush Your Rivals
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.
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#2
S1E6
Rule Forever
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.
#3
S1E1
Seize Power
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.
#4
Reign Through Terror
S1E3
#5
Control the Truth
S1E4
#6
Create a New Society
S1E5
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Free speech? Right to assembly? Rebel-turned-dictator Muammar Gaddafi realized that civil liberties had to go when reshaping society. But he got soft.
#5
Control the Truth
S1E4
#4
Reign Through Terror
S1E3
#3
Seize Power
S1E1
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Rule Forever
S1E6
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