Putting Together the Puzzle of Lee Harvey Oswald

A new book reconsiders the accused assassin as a man with a mind of his own — and caught up in forces he could not comprehend

(This is the introduction to Larry Hancock and David Boylan’s new book, “The Oswald Puzzle,” published by Skyhorse Press. It is reprinted with permission.)

If the Kennedy assassination is a mystery wrapped in a riddle inside an enigma, to quote a famous line from the film “JFK,” then Lee Harvey Oswald is the puzzle at the heart of the mystery. Despite th…