The Secret History of Silicon Valley – Backstory Part 1: The Vietnam War Part 2: B-52’s and the Soviet Air Defense System Part 3: Bill Perry/ESL and the Cold War Part 4: Undisclosed Locations Part 5: Silicon Valley, the 2nd 100 years Part 6a: The Endless Frontier: U.S. Science and National Industrial Policy Part 6b: Stanford, Terman and WWII Part 7: Stanford, Terman and the Cold War Part 8: Stanford and the rise of Cold War Entrepreneurship Part 9: Stanford and Electronic Intelligence Part 10: Stanford and Weapons Systems Part 11: The Rise of Venture Capital Part 12: The First Valley IPO’s Part 13: Startups with Nuclear Missiles Part 14: Spy Satellites in Silicon Valley Part 15: Lockheed – Silicon Valley largest employer Part 16: Balloon Wars More backstory here and here