How to Stage a Coup

Overview

A guide to human history through its most audacious power grabs. From Julius Caesar to Napoleon; from Mussolini to the strongmen of the present day - we see how the world we know has been shaped by those who dream big.

Cast

Nicholas O'Shaughnessy

Giles Milton

Cal Seville

Idi Amin

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

Jean-Bedel Bokassa

Francisco Franco

Mikhail Gorbachev

Vladimir Lenin

Benito Mussolini

Gamal Abdel Nasser

Vidkun Quisling