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In Chester County, Friel Otten has become a field marshal of this movement.
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Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2024
The Prussian field marshal Helmuth von Moltke famously said that no battle plan survives beyond its first contact with the enemy.
—Nicholas Mulder, Foreign Affairs, 26 Sep. 2022
To be sure, the field marshal was not directly responsible for all the excesses of Egypt’s latest leadership transition -- including the more than 1,000 who have died, the many thousands who have been injured, and the 1,212 sentenced to death.
—Steven A. Cook, Foreign Affairs, 8 June 2014
Alex Cooper has sold a letter from George Washington as well as a World War II-era field marshal baton that fetched more than $700,000 in 2010.
—Tony Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 8 Mar. 2024
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Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2024
The Prussian field marshal Helmuth von Moltke famously said that no battle plan survives beyond its first contact with the enemy.
—Nicholas Mulder, Foreign Affairs, 26 Sep. 2022
To be sure, the field marshal was not directly responsible for all the excesses of Egypt’s latest leadership transition -- including the more than 1,000 who have died, the many thousands who have been injured, and the 1,212 sentenced to death.
—Steven A. Cook, Foreign Affairs, 8 June 2014
Alex Cooper has sold a letter from George Washington as well as a World War II-era field marshal baton that fetched more than $700,000 in 2010.
—Tony Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 8 Mar. 2024
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“Field marshal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/field%20marshal. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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