Examines how a low-level enforcer rises to become the supreme leader of Iraq and the brutal means he uses to rule the country for almost a quarter of a century.

Examines the methods Manuel Noriega used to rise from a life of poverty to his position as the feared dictator of Panama.

Explores how Francisco Franco won the Spanish Civil War and became a dictator. He used torture, murder and incarceration to transform Spanish society and tighten his grip on the country.

Idi Amin builds a powerful dictatorship in Uganda, ruling for eight years until strategic blunders bring him down.