Gunter has been criticized for his non-mainstream position denying the Armenian genocide on the grounds that Armenians are responsible for "provoking" their own persecution. His book "Armenian History and the Question of Genocide" was described as "a very badly written and poorly argued volume" by historian Richard Hovannisian. The book was partially funded by Turkish Coalition of America. He published a positive review of Guenter Lewy's book "The Armenian Massacres in Ottoman Turkey" after having blurbed it, raising criticism of professional integrity.