US Researchers' Discourse and Reinterpretation of International Relation Theory on the 5‧18 Democratization Movement

Abstract

This essay reinterprets the United States Government s role and responsibility of 5·18 democratization movement on the basis of academic products and presents new topics and research methods. For this, I study and analyze the preceding materials such as books and articles about the relationship between 5·18 and the United States. And then, I analyze the attitude of the US Government toward the New Korean Military Force of 1980s from the angel of international relations. Through the analysis of the reference, the Government and Americans have different ideas about the condition there. This research of the relationship between the the Korean and US Government up to the date around the sensational events like 5·18 democratization movement is expected to illuminate the American pragmatic and realist policy rather than the democratic justice, which might be understandable on the condition of reciprocal interaction.