PERIODICALS

good reason, the historian notes: "They were . . . provocative, vulnerable, and practically useless." The original decision to deploy the missiles had been made in 1957, after the launching of the Soviet Sputnik aroused Europe's fears about the depth of US. commitment to its defense. But the Jupiters were not actually de- ployed until after Kennedy took office in
1961. While he was inclined to cancel de- ployment, his advisers feared that after the tense June summit meetin...