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PRAISE FOR BANNON “Darth Vader of the Right, populist Svengali, the real president, Stephen K. Bannon has been called many names, most counterfactual. “I have worked with Steve inside and outside the White House. He is more than a Renaissance man. He is one of the truly strategic thinkers alive today. Keith Koffler’s book will help you understand why Steve Bannon still matters, and why he is one of the most powerful and important men outside the Oval Office.” —SEBASTIAN GORKA, Ph.D., former deputy assistant to President Trump and chief strategist of the Make America Great Again Coalition “By now, everyone in America knows Steve Bannon, the force of nature who has shaped the Trump presidency more than anyone except Trump himself. If you want to know what’s behind that force of nature—if you want to know Steve Bannon the man—this is the indispensable book for you.” —DAVID HOROWITZ, founding president of the David Horowitz Freedom Center and author of Radical Son: A Generational Odyssey and Unholy Alliance: Radical Islam and the American Left “At a time when we are witnessing the wholesale abandonment of the basic principles of quality journalism—fairness, honesty, objective factual reportage, thoughtful analysis—all across the American media, it is most heartening to see Keith Koffler’s Bannon: Always the Rebel. Mr. Koffler’s treatment of his ostensibly controversial subject is at once dispassionate, informative, objective, and insightful. He more than meets his objectives of demystifying this important and not well-understood figure, placing Bannon accurately in the broader framework of American conservatism. The book is also a very lively read.” —KENNETH deGRAFFENREID, former national security advisor to President Ronald Reagan and deputy undersecretary of defense Copyright © 2017 by Keith Koffler All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system now known or to be invented, without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer who wishes to quote brief passages in connection with a review written for inclusion in a magazine, newspaper, website, or broadcast. 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For Rebekah, Adam, and Ariela CONTENTS INTRODUCTION PROLOGUE 1 A BORN FIGHTER 2 THE CANDIDATE 3 IN THE NAVY 4 MOVING ON UP 5 THE AUTEUR 6 GENERATION ZERO 7 A FLAWED VISIONARY 8 STONE COLD SPIRITUAL 9 A HUMANE ECONOMY 10 DEFENDING THE WEST 11 TEA PARTY WARRIOR 12 THE PALIN PATRIOT 13 BANNON AT BREITBART 14 CAMPAIGN CHIEF 15 THE PRESIDENT’S STRATEGIST EPILOGUE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS NOTES INDEX I am obliged to confess I should sooner live in a society governed by the first two thousand names in the Boston telephone directory than in a society governed by the two thousand faculty members of Harvard University. —William F. Buckley Jr. Introduction T his book is an effort to demystify Stephen Bannon, to separate the real man from the caricatures, and to explain his brand of conservative populism. Bannon has a good sense of humor, but he is an extremely serious man. This I learned during more than ten hours of interviews with him, conducted over three different visits to his home in Washington, D.C. Two of the sessions occurred in July 2017, while he was in the White House serving as President Trump’s chief strategist, and the other in August, just two days after his White House service ended. He is an impressive man to interview, a man whose mind is immersed not just in current events, but in history and philosophy and religion. “I don’t think there is a major battle the United States has ever engaged in that Steve couldn’t describe in minute detail,” said one of his good friends. Indeed, during our conversations, generals and battles, world leaders and historical events, philosophers and theologians—from ancient times through the twenty-first century—dropped off Bannon’s tongue with the ease of a blackjack dealer throwing cards on a table. If you find yourself facing off against him on Jeopardy! just quit or pray for the Daily Double. Bannon is not only fearsomely learned, and always reading to learn more, he is committed to applying his knowledge to the world around him. Combine that with an incredible energy and willpower, little need for sleep, and a capacity for ruthlessness, and you have a force to be reckoned with or, for his enemies, preferably avoided. Bannon is a rebel by nature, but always a rebel with a cause. That cause
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