Although Lee Harvey Oswald’s assassination of President Kennedy in 1963 is one of the most infamous events in American history, Oswald’s brief defection to the Soviet Union remains a relatively understudied chapter in the assassin’s life. This passage from The Interloper: Lee Harvey Oswald Inside the Soviet Union covers the months leading up to Oswald’s departure from the Marine Corps and his move to the Soviet Union. Though Oswald’s move to the USSR can be seen as an extension of his migratory childhood, it was, ultimately, an unsuccessful attempt to achieve some sense of place overseas.
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