정한경의 당대사 서술 배경과 현실 인식

Abstract

The goal of this research is to learn about Henry De Young’s persperctive on history through his published book. Henry De Young is an independence activist in America. Henry De Young who was born in 1890, moved to America and earned a master's degree in Nebraska University and a PhD from American University. His master's thesis, titled "The Oriental Policy of the United States," criticized the United States' East Asian policy and Japan's assertive diplomacy. It is notable in that Korea was the first country to reveal to the U.S that it had made treaties with numerous countries before to the Japanese colonial era, and that the invasion of Japan had severed ties with them. In addition, his dissertation based on 5,000 pamphlets and 10,000 magazines was created on the Japanese colonial era “The Case of Korea” which promotes March 1st Movement and Japan's actual colonial control. The despotic Korean colonial rule of Japan was explained with particular examples based on data gathered by Western missionaries in Korea and data published in the journal. Henry De Young not only gave a speech on the subject of the book at her Ph.D. graduation, but also distributed it across the United States. The independence petition made by Henry De Young, the mandate petition, and the brochure issued during the first Korean Congress in Philadelphia all include common terms and expressions. He published “The Russian Came to Korea” in 1947, praising the United States' military presence in Korea while denouncing the Soviet Union's military presence in North Korea. Furthermore, while the military administration of the United States ruled South Korea in a fairly democratic manner, the Soviet Union ruled North Korea in a very oppressive manner, and it held a negative view of communism in South Korea and North Korea's Kim Il-sung. He wrote the original book The American Came to Korea, which he experienced directly, from 1958 to 1963, and it was published after his death in 2000. His critical views on democracy and military rule are presented in this work.