David Aikman

David Aikman (born 1944) is an author, journalist, and foreign policy consultant.

Life

Aikman graduated from Oxford University's Worcester College in 1965 and gained a PhD from the University of Washington in Russian and Chinese history in 1979.

He worked as a journalist for Time magazine from 1971 to 1994,^[1] during which he reported on nearly all the major historical events of the time. He has interviewed several major world figures, including Mother Teresa, Manuel Noriega, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Pham Van Dong, Boris Yeltsin and Billy Graham.^[2]

Aikman served as a professor of history at Patrick Henry College from 2005 to 2015.^[3] He is also a senior fellow at The Trinity Forum.

In 2002 Aikman presented a pro-creationist film called Raging Waters: Evidence of the Genesis Flood in Australia, which was produced by Ken Ham's Answers in Genesis.^[4]

In 2018 Aikman was hired as editor-in-chief of Godspeed magazine.^[5]

Bibliography

Love China Today (Tyndale House, 1978), editor and co-author
Pacific Rim: Area of Change, Area of Opportunity (Little, Brown and Company, 1986)
Gorbachev: An Intimate Biography (New American Library, 1988), Co-author
Massacre in Beijing: China's Struggle for Democracy (Warner Books, 1989), Co-author
Berlin: Portrait of a City (Bullfinch Press, 1990), author of Introduction to photos by Stephane Duroy
When the Almond Tree Blossoms (Word Publishing, 1993)
Hope: The Heart's Great Quest (Servant Publications, September 1995)
Great Souls: Six Who Changed The Century (Word Publishing, March 1998; paperback, Lexington Books, 2002)
Jesus in Beijing (Regnery Publishing, October 2003)
A Man of Faith: The Spiritual Journey of George W. Bush (W Publishing Group, April 2004)
QI (Broadman & Holman Publishers, October 2005)
The Delusion of Disbelief (Tyndale House Publishers, April 2008)
The Mirage of Peace: Understanding the Never-Ending Conflict in the Middle East (Regal Books, August 2009)

Filmography

Raging Waters: Evidence of the Genesis Flood in Australia

References

^ "Information from Aikman's website about his career with Time". Archived from the original on 2007-07-06. Retrieved 2007-11-25.
^ "Information on Aikman's interviews". Archived from the original on 2007-07-06. Retrieved 2007-11-25.
^ Kilgo, Hailey (8 February 2017). "Former Professor Dr. David Aikman Returns to Ireland". Patrick Henry College News. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
^ Raging Waters. OCLC 699564781.
^ "David Aikman, Editor in Chief". Godspeed Magazine. Retrieved 26 February 2022.

External links

Official website Archived February 9, 2020.
David Aikman's bio at Godspeed Magazine
Appearances on C-SPAN

[1] "Information from Aikman's website about his career with Time". Archived from the original on 2007-07-06. Retrieved 2007-11-25.

[2] "Information on Aikman's interviews". Archived from the original on 2007-07-06. Retrieved 2007-11-25.

[3] Kilgo, Hailey (8 February 2017). "Former Professor Dr. David Aikman Returns to Ireland". Patrick Henry College News. Retrieved 12 June 2017.

[4] Raging Waters. OCLC 699564781.

[5] "David Aikman, Editor in Chief". Godspeed Magazine. Retrieved 26 February 2022.

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