John Fass Morton is a Washington-based defense writer and conference director and a regular contributor to Proceedings magazine.

Articles by John Fass Morton

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Now Hear This: When Prevention Fails—What Then?

By John Fass Morton
March 2008
Washington is organizing and funding national security with a Cold War paradigm ill-suited for preparedness vis-à-vis asymmetric
threats. This paradigm predisposes Americans to accept uncritically that more resources must be expended ...