I’ve given Clancy a try. No thanks.
Sometime during the 1980s a friend forced on me a novel by Michael Crichton titled “Rising Sun”. It was the time of the rise of Japan Sony Walkman ruled the universe, Toyota Corolla ruled the roads (we know how it ended), and Crichton novel was a paranoid take on this conspiracy, filled with little plot but with speeches made by the cartoon characters , which (speeches) were cut and paste jobs from the Wall Street Journal reports on the growth of Japanese economic power that Crichton creatively turned into a growth of a dangerous imperial power. Laughable, and unfortunately to maintain good relations with my friend, I had to force myself to finish it, but at least I got a good and last taste of Michael Crichton.
I’ve read most of Crichton’s books, but not that one. Your description reminds me of State of Fear, but in that case he was debunking global warming. Most of his books are not that way though. Jurassic Park for example. I liked Timeline, Prey, and Next a lot.