History of the Internet

Published by Vanity Fair a very interesting article on the history of the Internet, in the words of the people who made it.

Fifty years ago, in response to the surprise Soviet launch of Sputnik, the U.S. military set up the Advanced Research Projects Agency. It would become the cradle of connectivity, spawning the era of Google and YouTube, of Amazon and Facebook, of the Drudge Report and the Obama campaign.

Written over 8 chapters:
I: The Conception
II: The Creation
III: The Web
IV: The Browser Wars
V: Going Public
VI: Boom and Bust
VII: Modern Times
VIII: The Last Word
here the link, check it out: http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2008/07/internet200807