TY - BOOK AU - Salonga, Jovito R. TI - A Journey of struggle and hope: the memoir of Jovito R. Salonga SN - 9718567305 AV - DS 686.6.S3 .A3 2001 PY - 2001/// CY - Quezon City, Philippines PB - U.P Center for leadership, citizenship and democracy & Regina Publishing Co. KW - BIOGRAPHIES N1 - Includes index; I. Childhood and Early Education -- II. War and the Japanese occupation -- III. Liberation or Dependency? -- IV. Graduate Studies and Marriage -- V. Homecoming and Initiation into Politics -- VI. Winning over two Dynasties and my life as a congressman -- VII. The 1965 elections and my first senate race -- VIII. The start of the Marcos era -- IX. Militarization and the amassing of hidden wealth -- X. Prelude to martial law -- XI. The plaza Miranda Bombing -- XII. Responsibility for the plaza Miranda Bombing -- XIII. 1972 and the start of martial law -- XIV. The rise of dictatorship -- XV. The 1978 elections and the aftermath -- XVI. Ninoy's release and my imprisonment -- XVII. Self-exile and Ninoy's assassination -- XVIII. Our 1985 homecoming and snap election -- XIX. The EDSA revolution of February 22-25, 1986 and the installation of the Aquino government -- XX. The quest for the Marcos ill-gotten wealth -- XXI. The first post-EDSA senate: its finest hour N2 - This book is my own pilgrimage of faith and my endless search for meaning and purpose in life. Every person takes his own journey, whether deliberately or not ER -