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Saddam Hussein Part 3: Oil and the Ayatollah
Saddam clashes with Iran's new leader, and with his personality cult, he's ready for war.
Saddam Hussein Part 2: Enforcer, Frontman, Mafia Godfather
Saddam makes his move to consolidate power, appointing friends and relatives.
Saddam Hussein Part 1: Son of the Alleyways
In the spring of 1937, a baby is born... 'Saddam', meaning ‘one who confronts’.
Francisco MacÃas Nguema Part Two: Hiding in the Jungle with all the Money.
MacÃas purges the professional class; his reign worsens when he declares himself God.
Francisco MacÃas Nguema Part 1: The Forgotten Dictator
MacÃas' rule in Equatorial Guinea is a blood-curdling story of opportunism & paranoia.
Joseph Stalin Part 3: Hitler Attacks
Hitler invades Russia, and Stalin's legacy is bound up with a bloody fight to the death.
Joseph Stalin Part 2: The Secretary Becomes Dictator
Stalin thrives in the chaos post WW1 but his rise to leadership does not go unchallenged.
Joseph Stalin Part 1: The Young Bank Robber
How did a man from the Georgian frontier of the Russian Empire plot a route to power?
Hitler Part 25: The Bunker and the End—Adolf Hitler: Rise and Downfall
At the very end, Hitler conducts a macabre ritual of marriage, murder and suicide...
Hitler Part 24: Operation Valkyrie, Blowing up the Führer—Adolf Hitler: Rise and Downfall
A group of generals attempts an audacious military coup.