"Balbi's and Fickers' book not only offers new international perspectives on the global history of "techno-diplomacy" - an area of historiography at the intersection of the history of diplomacy and of technology that has so far opened up interesting new transnational prospects primarily on Europe.It also helps closing a surprising gap in the burgeoning field of the history of international organisations. Finally, it presents a highly instructive example that the history of communication technology goes much further back in time and is much more political than we tend to assume." Jan-Henrik Meyer, Max-Planck-Institut für Rechtsgeschichte und Rechtstheorie, in: https://www.hsozkult.de/review/id/reb-29489?title=g-balbi-u-a-hrsg-history-of-the-international-telecommunication-union
Gabriele Balbi, USI, Università della Svizzera italiana