Larry Bond's Red Dragon Rising: Shadows of War Book

I've been a fan of Bond since he co-authored "Red Storm Rising" in 1987 with Tom Clancy and later wrote "Red Phoenix" both are probably my two favorite books, and ones I have bought as a hardback, then paperback, and finally e-edition. I have read each book at least 15 times. I also enjoyed the Jerry Mitchell series, particularly "Exit Plan". "Shadows of War" starts off with a bang and does not really slow down, my e-book shows almost 1200 pages for this book, and it only took a couple of days to read. So I liked it, but I don't get the whole global warming message in the book, it had very little to do with the plot, except to say that China was a wasteland due to global warming, so they needed to invade the border into Vietnam where things were better. I would think Global Warming does not care about a border, it would be bad on both sides. Not to mention the large American cities, tearing down their homes and planting gardens. Are they going to live in a tent? Thankfully, there is not a lot of this storyline in the book, OK I get it I'm not properly educated in global warming. This global warming thing could be the co-author's personal political agenda sneaking into the manuscript. China the aggressor, would make much more sense. (This plot worked extremely well for both Russia and North Korea in both of the Red books.) However, like all Bond books, the characters are well developed and the story is gripping. It is a good story, but I will only read it once, and might pass on the rest of the series.