Like Dreamers: The Story of the Israeli Paratroopers Who Reunited Jerusalem and Divided a Nation - Hardcover

Halevi, Yossi Klein

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060545763 ISBN 13: 9780060545765

Verlag: HarperOne, 2013

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""Like Dreamers" is quite simply the best book about modern Israel I have ever read."--Jonathan Rosen, author of "Joy Comes in the Morning".

""Like Dreamers" is at once magisterial and enthralling, observed with the sharp eye of a master journalist, the patience of a serious historian and the style of an exceptional storyteller."--Zev Chafets, author of "Roger Ailes: Off Camera"

"A fascinating study of modern Israel."--"New York Post"

""Like Dreamers" is an eye-opening, beautifully written account, told through the lives of seven iconic Israeli paratroopers, of the shaping of the state we live in."--"Times of Israel"

""Like Dreamers" is a sweeping work... a rich and complex narrative.... And it reads like a novel."--"Tower" magazine

"In his new, magisterial book about Israel, "Like Dreamers"...Yossi Klein Halevi has... captured the complexity of Israel in human terms."--"New Jersey Jewish News"

"Brilliant."--David Laskin, "USA Today"

"As a work of political, cultural, and religious history, Like Dreamers is a triumph."--Jewish Voice

"Yossi Klein Halevi's brilliant account of Israel's left-right divide is a spellbinding story of people's evolving views and of conquest's mixed blessings."--American Jewish World News

"Powerful.... a textured, beautifully written narrative.... There is much to admire in this book, especially Mr. Halevi's skill at getting inside the hearts and minds of these seven men."--Ethan Bronner, New York Times

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Winner of the Everett Family Jewish Book of the Year Award (a National Jewish Book Award) and the RUSA Sophie Brody Medal.

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.

Following the lives of seven young members from the 55th Paratroopers Reserve Brigade, the unit responsible for restoring Jewish sovereignty to Jerusalem, Halevi reveals how this band of brothers played pivotal roles in shaping Israel’s destiny long after their historic victory. While they worked together to reunite their country in 1967, these men harbored drastically different visions for Israel’s future.

One emerges at the forefront of the religious settlement movement, while another is instrumental in the 2005 unilateral withdrawal from Gaza. One becomes a driving force in the growth of Israel’s capitalist economy, while another ardently defends the socialist kibbutzim. One is a leading peace activist, while another helps create an anti-Zionist terror underground in Damascus.

Featuring an eight pages of black-and-white photos and maps, Like Dreamers is a nuanced, in-depth look at these diverse men and the conflicting beliefs that have helped to define modern Israel and the Middle East.

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• Verlag: HarperOne
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0060545763
• ISBN 13: 9780060545765
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 605