The Dictator's Playbook - Season 1 - Eps 5: Francisco Franco
An exploration of the methods and tactics of Generalissimo Francisco Franco, who controlled Spain with absolute power for four decades. Employing violence and terror learned in colonial warfare, Franco led the 1936 military coup that overthrew the legitimately elected government and went on to rule the nation as his personal fiefdom until his death in 1975. The mass graves of his victims are being exhumed to this day.
About The Dictator's Playbook
Title: The Dictator's Playbook
First Air Date: 2018-06-02
Last Air Date: 2018-07-07
Status: Ended
Rating: 7.5/10 (from 4 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 1
Total Episodes: 6
Network: PBS
Genres: Documentary
Production Companies: Cream Productions, Twin Cities Public Television
Synopsis
Learn how six dictators, from Mussolini to Saddam Hussein, shaped the 20th century. 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.
Cast
Tim Beckmann
Narrator
