War Reporting for Cowards by Chris Ayres: A true story by Chris Ayres a 'celebrity' reporter based on the West Coast of the USA who ends up, through every fault of his own, being an 'embed' with the United States Marines during the 2003 Iraq War. Cringe-worthy in places, at times laugh-out-loud hilarious. A look at the Iraqi conflict from a self-confessed coward's point of view. As an Army wife, used to hearing war described mostly in acronyms (about which I have no idea), it was refreshing - and I mean no dis-service to the author by this - to read a more 'girly-fied' version of military manoeuvres.