Its not the last book I read....
But it is a good book. I don't agree with the author's political commentary at every turn, but ignoring that, the book is a fascinating read about one author's reporting career in the Middle East as well as other interesting anecdotes of Middle Eastern politics.
Perhaps the most interesting part of this book is the early United States political dealings with the Middle East and how the constitutional founders turned Presidents dealt with early foreign policy in the barbary wars.