미육군 6･25전쟁 공식전사 서술의 특징과 한계 — Ebb and Flow의 1951년 춘계전역 관련 내용을 중심으로 —

Abstract

The U.S. Army’s Official History of the Korean War, United States Arm y in the Korean War series is a standard work on the military operations of the U. S. Army and its allies during the Korean War. This 4 volumes study has great prestige in the English speaking world. But these studies have so me problems. One of the problems is that this work didn''t pay enough atten tion to the operations of the Army of the Republic of Korea. Ebb and Flo w, the work of Billy C. Mossman and the last book of this series, also hav e the same problem. In Mossman’s work, the South Korean Army is depicte d as an inexperienced and incapable organization. Of course, this kind of na rrative has enough historical basis. But during the Korean War, the South K orean Army carried out some successful military operations. So it is very un righteous to only focus on the negative aspect of the South Korean Army. There is a need for more balanced works about the Korean War.