The Sunday New York Times recently devoted the entire Magazine section to one long report on the modern geo-politics of the Middle East, from 1972 - 2016.
Access the article in the library's ProQuest database, with the links below or with a Web search of the New York Times for "Fractured Lands" by Scott Anderson on August 14, 2016. Your Web search will also return interviews with the author and a multitude of responses to the long article.
Suggested but not part of the Holman Library collection. You may request these works through InterLibrary Loan: