Saddam Hussein -
dictator's playbook

Learn how Saddam Hussein ruled Iraq with an iron fist for over 30 years. To maintain power, he used fear, intimidation and violence like few others in history, but he made the fatal mistake of believing his regime could take on the whole world.

Episode Duration: 56 minutes and 46 seconds

Episode Number: 102

About Dictator's Playbook:

Learn how six dictators, from Mussolini to Saddam Hussein, shaped the world.

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.

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