defense weapon to a former Soviet-bloc country as an incentive for participating in an oil deal, while that same country had recently obstructed the investigation of the murder of an American diplomat on their soil. Baer recalls his unwilling association with infamous oil businessman Roger Tamraz and the uneasy realities he extracts from his period of involvement in Washington politics. The film Syriana (2005) was loosely based on the book. References 2003 non-fiction books Non-fiction books about the Central Intelligence Agency Memoirs adapted into films Non-fiction books about espionage Three Rivers Press books