The book “Open Skies: The National Radio Astronomy Observatory and its Impact on US Radio Astronomy” by Ken Kellermann has been published by Springer.
It documents the history of NRAO from the time of the first discussions in the early 1950s about building a national radio astronomy facility through the construction of ALMA. The emphasis is on the people and politics involved in creation of NRAO and its unique facilities.
The book is accessible from Springer Open Skies international web site in a form of both hard-copy that you can purchase and as a file in pdf/e-book formats that you can download for free.