Reddit reviews A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East
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Instead of stepping on a possible landmine, I'd recommend asking her about it to learn as much as you can from her. The national narrative differs quite a bit from most books.
So you've got the standard Fromkin:
A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East
http://www.amazon.com/Peace-End-All-Ottoman-Creation-ebook/dp/B003X27L7C/
Karen House as an overview:
http://www.amazon.com/On-Saudi-Arabia-People-Religion-ebook/dp/B007MDK5GM/
Then you've got the . . . interesting take on it from Alexei Vassiliev.
http://www.amazon.com/History-Saudi-Arabia-Alexei-Vassiliev-ebook/dp/B00F21X5Y0/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top?ie=UTF8
There's more stuff but that should give a fairly comprehensive overview for what you're looking on.
There is an excellent book called A Peace to End all Peace.
It gives a great view of WWI with all the actors in the Middle East from the perspective of a bunch of different people like Winston Churchill, Lawrence of Arabia, and Ataturk. It is also really easy and entertaining to read (I read it at the pool).
A Peace to End All Peace
It's not a general history of WWI, as it deals with the war in the Ottoman theater. To my knowledge, it's the definitive history of WWI and its aftermath in the Mid-East for a general audience.