Table of Contents Preface 1 Introduction 3 1. Parental Abduction: A Timeless Tradition 7 2. The Progressive Era and the Family 27 3. Culture, Blood and Borders 43 4. The Military, War, and Parental Kidnapping 62 5. Religion: Motivation for Abduction 67 6. Heroes and Outlaws 83 7. Nationalism and The Hague 92 8. Domestic Violence, Child Abuse, and Alienation 107 9. Law Enforcement and Parental Kidnapping 129 10. Reunification 136 11. Prevention 145 12. Politics of Abduction 155 13. Evolution of an Epidemic 161 Appendix: Uniform Child Abduction Prevention Act 175 Bibliography 183 Index 197