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That's why
every dictator's best friend is an effective
and ruthless secret police. During the Great Terror of the late 1930s, Joseph Stalin's secret police, the NKVD, presided over the arrest and execution of nearly a million
so-called enemies of the people, accused of opposing Stalin and his regime. In Uganda, Idi Amin enforced loyalty
through his State Research Bureau, which was staffed by members of his tribe, as well as local criminals
and mercenaries from abroad. Haitian dictator
"Papa Doc" Duvalier's enforcers were nicknamed
"the Tonton Macoute" or "Bogeyman," after a character in folklore who kidnaps and eats unruly children. The idea of a secret police in Iraq
began in 1964 with the Jihaz Haneen, which was a security apparatus
that Saddam helped found
every dictator's best friend is an effective
and ruthless secret police. During the Great Terror of the late 1930s, Joseph Stalin's secret police, the NKVD, presided over the arrest and execution of nearly a million
so-called enemies of the people, accused of opposing Stalin and his regime. In Uganda, Idi Amin enforced loyalty
through his State Research Bureau, which was staffed by members of his tribe, as well as local criminals
and mercenaries from abroad. Haitian dictator
"Papa Doc" Duvalier's enforcers were nicknamed
"the Tonton Macoute" or "Bogeyman," after a character in folklore who kidnaps and eats unruly children. The idea of a secret police in Iraq
began in 1964 with the Jihaz Haneen, which was a security apparatus
that Saddam helped found
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That's why
every dictator's best friend
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is an effective
and ruthless secret police.
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During the Great Terror of the late 1930s,
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Joseph Stalin's secret police, the NKVD,
00:00:14.722 --> 00:00:16.975
presided over the arrest and execution
00:00:17.058 --> 00:00:19.894
of nearly a million
so-called enemies of the people,
00:00:19.978 --> 00:00:23.064
accused of opposing Stalin and his regime.
00:00:24.607 --> 00:00:28.695
In Uganda, Idi Amin enforced loyalty
through his State Research Bureau,
00:00:28.778 --> 00:00:30.947
which was staffed by members of his tribe,
00:00:31.001 --> 00:00:34.993
as well as local criminals
and mercenaries from abroad.
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Haitian dictator
"Papa Doc" Duvalier's enforcers
00:00:38.288 --> 00:00:40.079
were nicknamed
"the Tonton Macoute" or "Bogeyman,"
00:00:40.874 --> 00:00:43.126
after a character in folklore
00:00:43.209 --> 00:00:46.171
who kidnaps and eats unruly children.
00:00:48.756 --> 00:00:53.803
The idea of a secret police in Iraq
began in 1964 with the Jihaz Haneen,
00:00:53.887 --> 00:00:57.682
which was a security apparatus
that Saddam helped found.
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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.
