President Jimmy Carter's Impact On the End of the Cold War

Lectures in History

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🗓️ 21 March 2026

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Gonzaga history professor Robert Donnelly argues that Jimmy Carter's role in ending the Cold War has largely been overlooked. He looks at how the 39th president's policies weakened the Soviet Empire. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This week on the Lectures and History podcast, Gonzaga Professor Robert Donnelly
0:09.7	examines President Jimmy Carter's role in helping bring the Cold War to an end, and why
0:14.9	that part of his legacy is often overlooked. Professor Donnelly points to President Carter's
0:19.7	emphasis on human rights, arms
0:21.6	control efforts like the Salt 2 negotiations, and diplomatic engagement with the Soviet Union,
0:26.8	as laying important groundwork for the easing of tensions that followed in the 1980s.
0:31.7	More with Professor Donnelly, right after this.
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1:11.6	All right, so we're going to continue on our discussion.
1:13.6	It's been a lot really heavy on Cold War.
1:16.6	So we're going to continue our discussion on Jimmy Carter's,
1:19.6	this time on Jim Carter's Cold War Foreign Policy.
1:22.6	So now to jump even further ahead about four years, in 1980,
1:28.3	right, presidential campaign, Ronald Reagan, the Republican candidate,
1:34.3	hammered away at Jimmy Carter, the Democratic candidate,
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