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    Yes, the best book on this is Yasha Levine - Surveillance Valley . You can find the audiobook on torrents.

    The purpose the the very first DoD networks, was as an anti-communist counter-insurgency tool, mainly to aid in the collection of data and the fight against communists in SE asia, particularly Vietnam.