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The Secret History of Silicon Valley Part VI: Every World War II.

Steve Blank

I began to realize a few things: First, everything we had done in electronic warfare in the Vietnam War was just a slightly more modern version of what we had done over occupied Europe in World War II. (And On RRL, you probably would love to visit the Harvard Archives and have them pull out some material for you. Reply Benjamin A.

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Preparing for Chaos – the Life of a Startup « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

This book may be the Iraq war equivalent of “ Dispatches &# which defined Vietnam for my generation. Both reminded me why National Service would be a very good idea.) Campbell describes how he tried to instill in his troops the proper combat mentality. It may not be for you.

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Story Behind “The Secret History” Part III: The Most Important.

Steve Blank

had been engaged in the Vietnam War, and had agreed to parity in nuclear weapons, Soviet forces in Europe had built a 3 to 1 advantage in tanks, artillery, armored personnel carriers, and soldiers, all under Détente. Yet while the U.S. Bill Perry put us on the path to use Silicon Valley as a weapon in the cold war.

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The Story Behind the Secret History Part II. Getting B-52s through.

Steve Blank

The Vietnam war was winding down. Even though the bombers we lost over North Vietnam were older versions, called B-52 D-models, many of the systems were the same. Reply dispatches from TJICistan » Blog Archive » a secret history , on April 27, 2009 at 7:25 am Said: [.] I was always kind of curious.

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Gravity Will be Turned Off « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

Gravity Will be Turned Off « Steve Blank (tags: humor) Comments (0) [.] Reply Ashleighs Dump » Blog Archive » Turning off gravity , on September 6, 2009 at 11:19 pm Said: [.] Some 2 million students have trained there since it opened in 1942. T hink of it as the ultimate vocational training school.

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If I Told You I'd Have to Kill You: The Story Behind “The Secret.

Steve Blank

Thailand: Bats, Moths and John Scoggins I was 19 in 1973 and in Thailand in the Air Force working on electronic warfare equipment on fighter planes, gunships and Wild Weasels, at the tail end of the Vietnam War. I remember asking out of the blue one day, “Where does our equipment come from, what is exactly that we’re doing?”