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.

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 (1992-2004) -- A new Israel, again -- Almost normal -- Careening toward the center.