"In his telling, Yu isn't really the hero of the story and, in fact, the mission in a sense saved Yu, a lauded veteran, who at the time had lost his sense of identity and hit rock bottom."
"But this isn't meant to be a particularly literary work to begin with and the most compelling portions of the book are ultimately in the underdog personal journey that he tells."
"In fact, the actual mission - in which Yu corralled a group of Philippine military operatives to save Chang, who was being held for ransom by the Abu Sayyaf terrorist group - only makes up a sliver of the book in its final act."
"Much of 'The Second Shot' instead tracks Yu's life as he stumbles in finding and proving himself, from a childhood spent in Massachusetts and the Bay Area to an impressive military career."
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