Creating the Computer: Government, Industry, and High Technology

This book is pretty good for what it is, a history of the computer written in 1988. The best sections of the book center around early mainframes, with minicomputers given a less thorough treatment, and microcomputers (modern PCs) barely being mentioned at all. Flamm does a good job distinguishing the role of national innovation systems, although the Japanese were probably under-represented. An interesting history for the computer inclined.