"The Design Philosophy of the DARPA Internet Protocols" is what you are looking for → http://ccr.sigcomm.org/archive/1995/jan95/ccr-9501-clark.pdf http://ccr.s

"The Design Philosophy of the DARPA Internet Protocols" is what you are looking for → http://ccr.sigcomm.org/archive/1995/jan95/ccr-9501-clark.pdf http://ccr.sigcomm.org/archive/1995/jan95/ccr-9501-clark.pdf Excellent summary of the same by Adrian Colyer → https://blog.acolyer.org/2015/01/22/the-design-philosophy-of-the-darpa-internet-protocols/ https://blog.acolyer.org/2015/01/22/the-design-philosophy-of... You can also read "The Innovators" by Walter Isaacson to get acquainted with how it gained momentum.