To understand the Trump White House, you need to understand Steve Bannon: what’s driving him, what his true role is, and what he’s trying to accomplish on behalf of the American middle class.White House reporter Keith Koffler penetrates the fog surrounding the mysterious senior White House advisor, tracing Bannon’s wild and distinctly American path to the White House in this first-ever honest biography of the controversial figure. Born to working-class Democrats in Virginia, Bannon has barrelled through the Navy, Harvard, Wall Street, and Hollywood; he is fluent in esoteric philosophies and political theories; and he has diagnosed the problem with today’s America—the rot that has eaten away at working Americans’ hopes, opportunities, and freedoms—and developed a winning strategy for taking America back.With inside information on Bannon’s current White House projects and his relationships with other figures in the Trump orbit—and with President Trump himself—Bannon: Always the Rebel is not only a three-dimensional guide to one of the most fascinating figures of modern American history; it’s also a guide to understanding the Trump administration’s plans for our future.