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Autobiography and memoir

A good plan violenty executed now is better than a perfect plan next week.

General George S. Patton

1947

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Military strategy War

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Autobiography and memoir

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1947

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General George S. Patton

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Patton, George Smith. War As I Knew It. Houghton Mifflin Co., 1947, pt. 3.

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A good plan violenty executed now is better than a perfect plan next week. — General George S. Patton

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