▁and ▁de cept ive ▁presentation ." ▁▁ ▁In ▁the ▁bibli ography ▁of ▁his ▁general ▁study ▁on ▁modern ▁Turkey , ▁Turk ologist ▁Eric ▁J . ▁Zür cher ▁of ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Le iden ▁describes ▁the ▁second ▁volume ▁as ▁" a ▁mine ▁of ▁data ," ▁though ▁the ▁information ▁not ▁necessarily ▁being ▁accurate . ▁He ▁highlight ed ▁the ▁Sh aws ' ▁treatment ▁of ▁the ▁reign s ▁of ▁Sel im ▁III ▁and ▁Abd ül ham it ▁II ▁as ▁the ▁book ' s ▁strong est ▁parts , ▁but ▁observed ▁that ▁the ▁last ▁one ▁hundred ▁years ▁it ▁covers ▁suff ers ▁from ▁a ▁" T urk ish - n ational ist ▁bias ." ▁ ▁The ▁second ▁volume ▁caused ▁a ▁stir ▁among ▁Armen ian ▁students ▁att ending ▁U CLA ▁and ▁the ▁Armen ian ▁community ▁of ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁at ▁large . ▁Mat ters ▁came ▁to ▁a ▁head ▁when ▁on ▁the ▁night ▁of ▁ 3 ▁October ▁ 1 9 7 7 , ▁a ▁bomb , ▁placed ▁by ▁unknown ▁ass ail ants , ▁expl oded ▁at ▁the ▁door step ▁of ▁Shaw ' s ▁home ▁at ▁ 3 : 5 0   a . m ., ▁although ▁no ▁one ▁was ▁hurt . ▁A ▁phone ▁call ▁placed ▁several ▁hours ▁later ▁by ▁a ▁man ▁claimed ▁that ▁the ▁Iran ian ▁Group ▁of ▁ 2 8 ▁was ▁responsible ▁for ▁the ▁bomb ing . ▁Turkey ' s ▁permanent ▁amb assador ▁to ▁the ▁UN ▁disput ed ▁this , ▁however , ▁and ▁alleg ed ▁that ▁Armen ians ▁were ▁behind ▁the ▁attack . ▁Shaw ▁made ▁light ▁of ▁the ▁situation ▁and ▁attributed ▁the ▁bomb