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"Islam, a short history" by Karen Armstrong is here in PDF http://ashtoncentralmosque.com/wp-c.../Islam-A-Short-History-by-Karen-Armstrong.pdf
There are plenty of books on the Sykes Picot Agreement which is pretty much where modern history starts or as some say maybe it was with the Crimean War . Pink Poodle is kind of right about Lawrence of Arabia but it's a bit more complex than the film version.
Lawrence wrote extensively about the complexities of the middle east.