Joe Scarborough

Joe Scarborough brings experience in broadcasting, law, and Congress to political nonfiction about party history and United States foreign policy. Saving Freedom examines Harry Truman’s response to the early Cold War and the coalition that supported a larger American role abroad. Published by Harper in 2020, Scarborough traces debates surrounding aid to Greece and Turkey, the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, and the creation of NATO. He gives particular attention to Secretary of State George Marshall, Dean Acheson, and Republican senator Arthur Vandenberg, whose support helped make bipartisan action possible. The full title, Saving Freedom: Truman, the Cold War, and the Fight for Western Civilization, signals the book’s historical argument more clearly than the shortened form alone. It is Scarborough’s fourth book and extends his interest in moments when party strategy, presidential leadership, and national purpose intersected during periods of political uncertainty.