Download or read book In Battle for Peace: The Story of My 83rd Birthday written by William Edward Burghardt Du Bois and published by . This book was released on 2007-05 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Battle for Peace frankly documents Du Bois's experiences following his attempts to mobilize Americans against the emerging conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union. A victim of McCarthyism, Du Bois endured a humiliating trial-he was later acquitted-and faced political persecution for over a decade. Part autobiography and part political statement, In Battle for Peace remains today a powerful analysis of race in America.