In the increasingly contentious run-up to November's election, Americans are fiercely divided.

One side sees Barack Obama and his chosen successor Hillary Clinton as champions of the downtrodden, protectors of minorities and saviors of America and the world. The other side regards them as criminally deranged socialist destroyers of everything for which America's founders and defenders have labored, fought, bled and died since the nation's founding.

Now, into the arena steps one remarkable person with the unique experience and moral authority to cut through all the lies, political posturing and propaganda and to finally reveal, with utter clarity, the real war into which Americans have been thrust, as well as the momentous decision they will make in November.

Gen. Ion Mihai Pacepa spent decades at the very top of the Soviet bloc's intelligence and disinformation world, only to undergo a profound awakening and change of heart, leading him to become the highest-ranking Soviet-bloc official ever to defect to the U.S. Naturalized as a proud American citizen, he spent years briefing America's intelligence agencies on how the super-secret Soviet intelligence world operated, exposing all its tactics, techniques, dirty tricks and disinformation campaigns.

So vital were Pacepa's insights to America's security that President Ronald Reagan referred to the former spy-chief's first book, "Red Horizons," as "my bible for dealing with dictators." (Photo below depicts then Rep. Frank Wolf handing Reagan a copy of "Red Horizons.")

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More recently, former CIA Director James Woolsey has praised Pacepa's 2013 book, "Disinformation" (for which Woolsey wrote the "Introduction"), as a "remarkable book [that] will change the way you look at intelligence, foreign affairs, the press, and much else besides." So compelling is Pacepa's story that Hollywood is currently producing a blockbuster theatrical film based on the book, "Disinformation."

Now, Pacepa has teamed up with his "Disinformation" co-author, law professor Ronald Rychlak, to produce an electrifying new e-book focused on the November 2016 U.S. presidential election and the very high stakes involved – most of which are totally obscured by the establishment media.

Best of all, because WND Books is the publisher of "Disinformation," a special deal has been reached with Pacepa and Rychlak enabling WND to offer its loyal readers a copy of the brand-new e-book, "Looming Disaster: Top Disinformation Expert Reveals What's at Stake for the U.S. in 2016 Election," absolutely FREE!

All that is required to receive "Looming Disaster" is to sign up for WND's free email News Alerts. That's it. It takes just a few seconds and costs nothing. As soon as you sign up here, you'll receive, by email, instant access to "Looming Disaster." And if you're already a WND News Alerts subscriber, you will shortly receive a special email from WND enabling you to download "Looming Disaster."

'Critical crossroads'

Gen. Pacepa, now in his late 80s, has, as he puts it, "lived two lives," the first one spent in the epicenter of Soviet intelligence and disinformation. He understands as few living people do that Marxism, socialism and progressivism really are just different names for the same thing. And he is sharing that understanding here, focusing like a laser on the real issues Americans face – from Marxism and the imminent death of free-market capitalism, to the very real life-and-death threats of ISIS nuclear terrorism and a catastrophic EMP attack. All of this and more is woven into a tight narrative meant to awaken, inform and motivate American voters during the run-up to what Pacepa and Rychlak call an election "as significant as the 1860 elections, which led to the end of slavery."

David Kupelian, WND's vice president and managing editor, who served as editor of both "Disinformation" and the new e-book "Looming Disaster," says: "Mike Pacepa is a rare person with an unparalleled understanding of Marxist seduction and deception in all its forms. He has enhanced my understanding of how the world works, and he will yours too."

Regarding the e-book, Kupelian adds: "This is a real gift, grab it while you can. 'Looming Disaster' is both important and riveting, everyone needs to read it – before November."

Here's how "Looming Disaster" begins:

Make no mistake about it, America is at a critical crossroads. The November 2016 elections are not just about Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton. They will decide whether the United States will remain a powerful, free-market capitalist country and leader of the world, or if it will be transformed into one more pathetic, conflicted, socialist welfare state incapable of defending itself against the growing specter of nuclear terrorism. After forty-five years of Cold War – which, unlike other wars, did not end with the enemy being forced to throw down his weapons – and a decade and a half of still unfinished wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the U.S. is now facing the pandemic of Marxism disguised as socialism and "progressivism," as well as ever-metastasizing terrorism. That makes America’s 2016 elections as significant as the 1860 elections, which led to the end of slavery.

So, how does a world-class expert on Marxism and disinformation size up the two presidential candidates vying to become leader of the free world?

"Listening to campaign speeches of Hillary Clinton," write Pacepa and Rychlak, "we get the distinct feeling of listening to former Soviet Socialist bloc tyrants." They explain:

"Stealing from capitalism is moral, comrades," Nikita Khrushchev used to preach. Then he would elaborate: "Don’t raise your eyebrows, comrades. I intentionally used the word steal. Stealing from our enemy is moral."

To remove any uncertainty, the authors declare plainly: "Marxim, socialism, and progressivism means stealing."

And what about the other candidate?

"We are not personally acquainted with Donald Trump, but we firmly believe that the whole of America" – and that, they explain, means Republicans, Democrats, independents, Libertarians, unhappy Bernie-supporters, Never-Trumpers and all others – "should unite behind him in order to defend capitalism and our great country during these existentially dangerous times. The alternative is unthinkable."

SPECIAL OFFER: Right now, WND is making Gen. Ion Mihai Pacepa's important and unique e-book, "Looming Disaster: Top Disinformation Expert Reveals What's at Stake for the U.S. in 2016 Election," available FREE to all WND readers. All that is required to receive it is to sign up for WND's free email News Alerts. That's it. As soon as you sign up, you'll have instant access to "Looming Disaster." And if you're already a subscriber to WND's free News Alerts, a special email message is coming to you shortly, which will enable you to download "Looming Disaster."