bˈuːts ɔnðə ɡɹˈaʊnd: ɐ mˈʌnθ wɪððɪ ˈeɪɾi sˈɛkənd ˈɛɹboːɹn ɪnðə bˈæɾəl fɔːɹ ɪɹˈæk, pˈʌblɪʃt ɪn ˈɔːɡəst tˈuː θˈaʊzənd θɹˈiː, wʌzðə fˈɜːst ɪɹˈæk wˈɔːɹ bˈʊk pˈʌblɪʃt baɪ ɐn ɛmbˈɛdᵻd dʒˈɜːnəlˌɪst.
Boots on the Ground: A Month with the 82nd Airborne in the Battle for Iraq, published in August 2003, was the first Iraq War book published by an embedded journalist.