le . ▁Since ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁Hö gl und ' s ▁work ▁on ▁British ▁turn - of - the - century ▁writing ▁has ▁mostly ▁concerned ▁the ▁fiction ▁of ▁Richard ▁Marsh ▁and ▁its ▁discussion ▁of ▁race , ▁inn ate ▁criminal ity ▁and ▁e ugen ics . ▁ ▁Military ▁Computer ▁Games ▁ ▁Hö gl und ▁has ▁written ▁about ▁the ▁connection ▁between ▁military ▁digital ▁games , ▁US ▁ne o - colon ial ism ▁and ▁the ▁Military ▁industrial ▁entertain ment ▁complex . ▁Hö gl und ▁has ▁claimed ▁that ▁the ▁Military ▁First ▁Person ▁Sho oter ▁normal izes ▁US ▁military ▁invas ions ▁of ▁foreign , ▁pre domin ately ▁Middle - E astern ▁nations . ▁ ▁Hö gl und ▁has ▁also ▁studied ▁how ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁W W II ▁and ▁the ▁ide ology ▁of ▁Naz ism ▁is ▁represented ▁in ▁the ▁Call ▁of ▁D ut y ▁franch ise . ▁ ▁American ▁Empire ▁ ▁Building ▁on ▁Patrick ' s ▁Br ant ling er ' s ▁observation ▁in ▁Rule ▁of ▁Dark ness , ▁British ▁Liter ature ▁and ▁Imperial ism , ▁ 1 8 3 0 - 1 9 1 4 ▁that ▁the ▁late ▁nin ete enth ▁century ▁g oth ic ▁novel ▁was ▁a ▁vehicle ▁of ▁imperial ▁sentiment , ▁Hö gl und ▁arg ues ▁that ▁American ▁Goth ic ▁has ▁been ▁imperial ▁since ▁its ▁in ception ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁eigh teenth ▁century . ▁In ▁his ▁book ▁The ▁American ▁Imperial ▁Goth ic : ▁Popular ▁Culture , ▁Empire ▁Vi ol ence , ▁Hö gl und ▁traces ▁this ▁development ▁from ▁the ▁publication ▁of ▁Charles ▁Bro