Der Volkskörper bei der Musterung

»Ein mit knapp 260 Seiten erfreulich konzises, gut geschriebenes und annehmlich gestaltetes Buch.« (Markus Pöhlmann, Historische Zeitschrift 295/2, 2012)»Hartmann's wide-ranging study (...) makes for a readable and refreshingly jargon-free addition to new military history. Rather than concentrate on the body or ethnicity or actions of soldiers, officers and strategists (...), the author manages to carefully untangle peacetime institutional resources that were employed - especially in France, Germany and Switzerland - to ensure that the nation's »warrior« was fit for war. It is a successful comparative European history of military ideas, statistics (or he lack thereof) and professional scientific discourse.« (Laurie Cohen, H-Soz-u-Kult, 09.02.2012)