"A Novel About War With China Strikes a Chord at ..." Topic

…the Pentagon

"An unabashed, 21st century update of the Tom Clancy thrillers that won a huge following in the 1980s and '90s, the novel's action ranges from space, where Beijing has disabled America's satellite network; to cyberspace, where Chinese digital warriors have penetrated sensitive U.S. networks through the cell phone of a gardener at the offices of the Defense Intelligence Agency; to Japan, where Russian fighter jets and drones stage a terrifying air raid on American bases on Okinawa.

The geopolitical premise of the story is drawn in broad brushstrokes; the book's meat, and the reason military leaders at all levels can't put it down, lies elsewhere. In the not-too-distant future, the novel posits, China's Communist Party has been ousted after cracking down on riots by urban workers. A "Directorate" of military officers and business magnates then launch a pre-emptive attack on Hawaii — with some help from Russia — to ensure control of a lucrative natural gas field discovered deep on the Pacific Ocean floor in the Mariana Trench. The U.S. troops left behind in occupied Hawaii take a page from their former enemies in Afghanistan and Iraq and organize an insurgency, dodging lethal, robotic quad-copters on mountain bikes as they plant explosives and stage ambushes…"
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Looks interesting.

I'll put it on my reading list. Sounds like a cracking good read.

Other "War with China" novels from established authors in the techno-thriller genre include 'Shattered Trident' by Larry Bond (former Navy officer and Harpoon game designer) and 'Threat Vector' by Mark Greaney under the Tom Clancy brand name.

I appreciate Singer's non-fiction and heard about GF, but as a novel, it's received mixed reviews. Paperback read probably.

There is also a recent novel called CHIMERA about a near future china – India war that is not bad.

I read Clancy's "The Dragon and The Bear", I think it was titled. ? But as good a read it was, today it should be listed under "Sci-fi".

The US helping Russia vs China … I just don't see it. But is was written around the time of "glasnost", etc., IIRC … So who knew !

I can see the US helping Russia against China. Russia is on the way down, China on the way up – and despite everything going on at the moment Russia, even now, isn't a major viable threat. China on the other hand… getting there.

David Poyer's latest "Tipping Point" is leading into a shooting war with China. Looks like it starts up in the next book, though.