Bibliograph

Like dreamers, the story of the Israeli paratroopers who reunited Jerusalem and divided a nation, Yossi Klein Halevi

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Like dreamers, the story of the Israeli paratroopers who reunited Jerusalem and divided a nation, Yossi Klein Halevi

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [545]-561) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Like dreamers

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

827260124

Responsibility statement

Yossi Klein Halevi

Sub title

the story of the Israeli paratroopers who reunited Jerusalem and divided a nation

Summary

In Like Dreamers, acclaimed journalist Yossi Klein Halevi interweaves the stories of a group of 1967 paratroopers who reunited Jerusalem, tracing the history of Israel and the divergent ideologies shaping it from the Six-Day War to the present

Table Of Contents

The Lions' Gate (May-June, 1967). May Day ; The Center ; Born to serve ; A time of waiting ; No-man's-land ; "the Temple Mount is in our hands" ; "Jerusalem of Iron" -- The seventh day (1967-1973). The summer of Mercaz ; The Kibbutzniks come home ; The children return to their borders ; Attrition ; The invention of Yisrael Harel ; Utopias lost and found ; Across the border -- Atonement (1973-1982). Brave-hearted men ; "Our forces passed a quiet night in Suez" ; The home front ; "End of the orange season" ; A new Israel ; Building different Israels ; Hurban -- Middle age (1982-1992). The forty-first kilometer ; Civil wars ; Idolatrous fire ; New beginnings ; Under siege -- The end of the Six Day War (1992-2002). A new Israel, again ; Almost normal ; Careening toward the center

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