Jack Dempsey

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This paper describes the boxing career of Jack Dempsey and takes a look at the political, cultural, and social atmosphere of his time that contributed to his great popularity.

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"It is impossible to write about the 1920s with coming to grips with those factors that caused the 20s to roar, to be called the Jazz Age, and to give rise to the expatriates living in Paris who would become known as the Lost Generation. Perhaps prime among those was the First World War, known as the Great War at the time (Firstworldwar.com Web site). It was the first war in which virtually all the "civilized" nations participated, and it produced enormous numbers of casualties. The United States lost 58,480 and another 189,955 were wounded. France lost 1,359,000, with 4,200,000 wounded. Even New Zealand was involved, losing 16,130, with another 40,750 wounded. The wounds, as well, were more grievous than in previous wars; this was the first war that used aircraft, the first with the rudiments of truly horrific war-fighting machinery, the first with mustard gas (Firstworldwar.com Web site). Adding to the horror, the figures represent only military personnel; there is probably no accurate accounting of the losses in the civilian populations of Europe (Firstworldwar.com Web site)."

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