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How to Become a Tyrant

Saddam placedthe older brother, Hussein Kamel, in charge of Iraq'snuclear weapons program....

Saddam placed
the older brother, Hussein Kamel, in charge of Iraq's
nuclear weapons program. Saddam really was
almost besotted with him

Full Transcript

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Saddam placed the older brother, Hussein Kamel,
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in charge of Iraq's nuclear weapons program.
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Saddam really was almost besotted with him.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:22:49
Uploaded
May 11, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
Genres
documentary, biography, history

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Movie Summary

Ruling with an iron fist requires an aspiring dictator to know the playbook for absolute power, as history's despots prove in this sardonic docuseries.
S01 • E04 The conclusion is obvious: anybody. - How to Become a Tyrant 00:04
The conclusion is obvious: anybody.
S01 • E04 It was the general line that said, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:15
It was the general line that said,
S01 • E02 Saddam thought that, "This is a great young man, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:23
Saddam thought that, "This is a great young man,
S01 • E05 They rose up against him, the Western world did nothing to save him, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:07
They rose up against him, the Western world did nothing to s...
S01 • E05 When he's finally cornered by rebels, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:19
When he's finally cornered by rebels,
S01 • E04 It all swirled into a kind of snowball of bloodletting. - How to Become a Tyrant 00:05
It all swirled into a kind of snowball of bloodletting.
S01 • E04 During the Great Terror, over 750,000 people were killed. - How to Become a Tyrant 00:11
During the Great Terror, over 750,000 people were killed.
S01 • E02 Hussein Kamel is beginning to sense - How to Become a Tyrant 00:10
Hussein Kamel is beginning to sense
S01 • E05 Though you might say what doomed Gaddafi in the end - How to Become a Tyrant 00:13
Though you might say what doomed Gaddafi in the end
S01 • E01 Hitler mounts this kind of crazy, half-baked coup, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:15
Hitler mounts this kind of crazy, half-baked coup,
S01 • E02 You know, sooner or later, kill him. - How to Become a Tyrant 00:04
You know, sooner or later, kill him.
S01 • E04 If you kill 100 people, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:08
If you kill 100 people,
S01 • E04 That was Stalin's model. Doesn't matter you kill too many... - How to Become a Tyrant 00:05
That was Stalin's model. Doesn't matter you kill t...
S01 • E05 But take heart. - How to Become a Tyrant 00:22
But take heart.
S01 • E01 They eventually leave the beer hall, and then they're fired upon by the police. - How to Become a Tyrant 00:05
They eventually leave the beer hall, and then they're f...
S01 • E04 As for anyone who might think of saying - How to Become a Tyrant 00:13
As for anyone who might think of saying
S01 • E01 There's this classic cutting in the New York Times, which says, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:13
There's this classic cutting in the New York Times, whi...
S01 • E04 There is a higher truth in these dictatorships, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:07
There is a higher truth in these dictatorships,
S01 • E04 By redefining truth for millions of his citizens, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:24
By redefining truth for millions of his citizens,
S01 • E01 Oh, right. - How to Become a Tyrant 00:07
Oh, right.