Why is there a tower of subfields between $F$ and $KF$ such that each step is cyclic of prime order?

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Can somebody explain the theorem $7.2$ in Lang's Algebra

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Questions:

$\bullet$ What does it mean ''Let $m$ be the product of all primes unequal to the characteristic dividing the degree $[K:k]$'' really all primes, that is infinity ?

$\bullet$ Why is there a tower of subfields between $F$ and $KF$ such that each step is cyclic of prime order ?