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The beginning of the process were the show trials in Moscow
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How to Become a Tyrant

The beginning of the processwere the show trials in Moscow where leading figuresof the...

The beginning of the process
were the show trials in Moscow where leading figures
of the Communist Party apparatus were put on public trial
on charges of being members of an anti-Soviet conspiracy

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The beginning of the process were the show trials in Moscow
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where leading figures of the Communist Party apparatus
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were put on public trial on charges of being members
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of an anti-Soviet conspiracy.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
35
Timestamp in Movie
00:22:27
Uploaded
May 11, 2025
Season
1
Episode
4
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 • E02 After being crushed by coalition forces in the first Gulf War, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:19
After being crushed by coalition forces in the first Gulf Wa...
S01 • E05 Now, that's a nice thing to do, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:07
Now, that's a nice thing to do,
S01 • E01 As pressure mounts to seize your moment, timing is everything. - How to Become a Tyrant 00:10
As pressure mounts to seize your moment, timing is everythin...
S01 • E05 These are the mechanisms by which people organize - How to Become a Tyrant 00:07
These are the mechanisms by which people organize
S01 • E04 But when it came to turning his people against each other, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:15
But when it came to turning his people against each other,
S01 • E01 The ability to play a long game, to wait. - How to Become a Tyrant 00:04
The ability to play a long game, to wait.
S01 • E01 Trust me. Your patience will be rewarded. - How to Become a Tyrant 00:37
Trust me. Your patience will be rewarded.
S01 • E02 They were all third cousins, second cousins. - How to Become a Tyrant 00:04
They were all third cousins, second cousins.
S01 • E05 It's quite inevitable. - How to Become a Tyrant 00:12
It's quite inevitable.
S01 • E02 Saddam placed the older brother, Hussein Kamel, - How to Become a Tyrant 00:11
Saddam placed the older brother, Hussein Kamel,
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,