Arc of Empire: The Federal Telegraph Company, the U.S. Navy, and the Beginnings of Silicon Valley
本文指出，硅谷早期历史必须放在美国外交政策背景下理解。联邦电报公司作为该地区第一家高科技企业，1913年从海军获得首份合同，其成功依赖海军订单、国务院支持及国家标准局技术，开启了推动该地区半个多世纪发展的军工复合体模式。
The early history of Silicon Valley is incomplete unless it is framed within the context of American foreign policy. The Federal Telegraph Company, the region's first major high-technology firm, received its first contract from the U.S. Navy in 1913. Its subsequent success relied not only on navy contracts but also on State Department support and access to Bureau of Standards technology. The company's contributions to America's military-industrial complex began a pattern that would fuel the region's development and growth for more than a half century.