Dictator’sPlaybookTheywereruthlessmenwithuncheckedpower,controllingtheirpeoplewithanironfist.Suppressingalldissent,theydemandedabsoluteloyalty,jailing,orkillingthosewhoopposedthem.Theyruledbyforceofpersonality,butwereplaguedbysecretfearsandprivatedemons.Theyweredictators-tyrantswhoshapedthetwentiethcenturyandlefttheirmarkonourown.FromMussolinitoSaddamHussein,dictatorshaveshapedtheworldwelivein.Whatdrovetheirthirstfordominationandcontrol?Howdidtheyseizeandwieldpower?Whatforcesroseupagainstthemorresistedtheminsecret?Howdidtheyfinallycometothebitterend?Today,withauthoritarianleadersontherisefromthePhilippinestoVenezuela,thesequestionsaremorerelevantthanever.We’llanswertheminsiximmersivehours,eacharevealingportraitofbrutalityandpower.Aswemeetthemostruthlessrulersofrecenthistory,we’lltracetheirriseandfall-anddiscoverthattheytraveledawell-wornpath.Asdifferentasthesemenwerefromeachother,allofthemfollowedaseriesofessentialsteps,fromseizingpowertoeliminatingenemies-anunwrittenDictator’sPlaybook.