Business Over Bombing: What War Torn Nations Really Want from America

DALLAS, March 6, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Join Dallas area native and author Paul Brinkley as he discusses his new book, "War Front to Store Front: Americans Rebuilding Trust and Hope In Nations Under Fire."

Reporting directly to U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, Brinkley spent five years overseeing economic improvement in Iraq and Afghanistan. He served as the Pentagon's top-ranking official charged with rebuilding the economies of these two war-torn nations, a long with Pakistan, Rwanda and Sudan. Brinkley and his hundreds of volunteers struggled against bureaucratic policies to revolutionize foreign aid by leveraging America's strength – its private sector.

In his new book, Brinkley reveals why American foreign policy has left these nations in the Middle East and Africa disappointed, resentful and suspicious of American intentions – and why America's path forward must change.

The Tower Club will host this event. Our promotional partners include the World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth, Business Executives for National Security (BENS), and the Dallas Business Club.

Working in both the Bush and Obama Administrations, Brinkley, who is optimistic that America can deliver on its economic promise, outlines in "War Front to Store Front" the necessary U.S. foreign policy changes that need to be made to rebuild nations under fire. In this important work, Brinkley reveals:

• Fascinating insights into the inner workings of American government and its largest bureaucracy, the U.S. Department of Defense
• The group of business leaders who sought to change how the Pentagon did business, and who wound up in a war zone, including their firsthand experience of surviving a terrorist attack
• A comprehensive plan for connecting Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan to the global economy, creating opportunity and reducing anti-Americanism
• The essential roadmap to an American business model for foreign development that can improve the lives of war-ravaged citizens at far less cost than existing military and foreign aid programs
• Unsurpassed analysis of lessons learned in the Middle East and the ongoing U.S. efforts in Afghanistan, highlighting how those lessons can be related to other nations, including Rwanda and Sudan

"War Front to Store Front: Americans Rebuilding Trust and Hope In Nations Under Fire" is printed by Turner Publishing. More information can be found at www.warfronttostorefront.com.

Paul Brinkley is the president and CEO of North America Western Asia Holdings.

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