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What Makes a Dictator with Frank Dikötter
Dan Snow's History Hit
English - September 24, 2019 17:00 - 22 minutes - 31.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsHistory Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Dan talks to Frank Dikötter, an eminent professor on Chinese history, who has written a new book about dictators around the world. They discuss what dictators need to do to control power and whether there is anything different about the people who become dictators.
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Producer: Peter Curry
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