Wright Smith
wrightlsmith.bsky.social
Wright Smith
@wrightlsmith.bsky.social
MIT Security Studies political science PhD student, wartime prioritization and multi-front dilemmas. Also movies and pop culture musings.
I haven't revisited it in a while, but maybe Peter Evans' book "Embedded Autonomy: States and Industrial Transformation"?
August 20, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I've always been fascinated Clausewitz wrote about having the commander-in-chief be in the cabinet to keep the war "consonant with political objectives" but didn't, as far as I know, talk about Lazare Carnot running France's war as a civilian from Paris, with decent (though not total) success!
August 12, 2025 at 5:48 PM
“Command of the commons” ugh typing too fast strikes again.
April 19, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Richard Frank describes how the Japanese carrier aviation graduating cohort in 1937 was 25 pilots…a very select, elite group, but nowhere near enough of a pipeline to fight an industrial war!
April 19, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Reposted by Wright Smith
VETERAN NARRATIVE DESIGNER/GAME WRITER IN DESPERATE NEED OF A JOB

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April 1, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I’m very biased, but I think almost anything Barry Posen has done is really helpful for understanding war, and his first chapter of “Inadvertent Escalation” is in particular a really great piece for tying together grand strategic issues to operational and tactical actions.
March 12, 2025 at 2:43 AM
I wonder if the prevalence of drones is also an indicator of how much attrition both sides have suffered? I could see the industrial process behind prepping small drones is paradoxically simpler than producing artillery, and certainly than more complex platforms like tanks, APCs, or aircraft.
March 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM