And Ye Shall Know the Truth, and the Truth Shall Make You Free

– John 8:32 (and the lobby of CIA Headquarters, Langley Virginia)

A few other versions of the talk are here and here

Secret History Backstory Click Here

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Master set of slides

Updated master version can be downloaded here

(If you’re interested in the history of the tech scene in New York, Fred Wilson gives a cogent summary here)

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The Secret History of Silicon Valley – Backstory

More backstory here and here

Play/download the audio version of each post here

Sources I used for The Secret History of Silicon Valley. Thanks to the authors of this wonderful material. Special note; read everything Alfred Price has written for WWII and Electronic Warfare. Steuart Leslie, Charles Lecuyer and Rebecca S. Lowen for Stanford and the Cold War.

World War II Sources – Books/Websites

Cold War Sources — Books

Military/University Alliance

Post Cold War Sources — Books

Silicon Valley Sources – Books

Terman/Shockley/Fairchild/Intel/National

Silicon Valley History

Venture Capital

National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) Sources – Web

Videos

ELINT Sources – Web

Air Force

Engineering/ELINT in the CIA/NSA

ELINT Aircraft Losses

Analyst Demos

Oral Histories

Photo and Movie Sources – Web

WWII Radar History/Photos/Radar Order of Battle

A-12 Oxcart

The Oxcart Story –Frank Murray

Movie Clips