Editing Eddie Slovik (section)

==In popular culture==
In 1954, [[William Bradford Huie]] published a non-fiction account of the case titled ''[[The Execution of Private Slovik]]''.

In 1960, [[Frank Sinatra]] announced his plan to produce a movie based on the book, with the same title, to be written by screenwriter [[Albert Maltz]]. This announcement provoked great outrage, in part because Maltz was part of the blacklisted [[Hollywood 10]], and Sinatra was accused of being a [[Communist]] sympathizer. As Sinatra was campaigning for [[John F. Kennedy]] for president at the time, the Kennedy camp became concerned, and persuaded Sinatra to cancel the project.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kelley |first=Kitty |url=https://archive.org/details/hiswayunauthoriz00kell_0/page/296 |title=His Way: The Unauthorized Biography of Frank Sinatra |publisher=Bantam Books |year=1987 |isbn=978-0553265156 |location=New York |pages=[https://archive.org/details/hiswayunauthoriz00kell_0/page/296 296–301] |url-access=registration}}</ref>

[[Hans Magnus Enzensberger]] wrote an essay about Slovik and his death, included in the 1964 book ''Dreamers of the Absolute'' ({{langx|de|Politik und Verbrechen}}).<ref>{{cite journal |last=Berardinelli |first=Alfonso |year=2022 |url=https://electramagazine.fundacaoedp.pt/en/editions/issue-18/hans-magnus-enzensberger |title=Hans Magnus Enzensberger |journal=Electra |publisher={{ill|Fundação EDP|pt}} |issue=18 |access-date=15 November 2024 }}</ref>

In 1968, [[Psychedelic music|psychedelic]] [[folk rock]] group [[Pearls Before Swine (band)|Pearls Before Swine]] dedicated their second album ''[[Balaklava (album)|Balaklava]]'' "to Pvt. Edward D. Slovik, U.S. Army, deceased".

In 1974, Huie's book was adapted by [[Lamont Johnson]] into a TV movie, also titled ''[[The Execution of Private Slovik]]'', which starred [[Martin Sheen]].<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1974/03/13/archives/tv-deserters-ill-fate-execution-of-private-slovik-on-nbc-traces.html O'Connor, John J. "TV: Deserter's Ill Fate," ''The New York Times'', Wednesday, March 13, 1974.] Retrieved January 31, 2025.</ref>

The 1963 war film ''[[The Victors (1963 film)|The Victors]]'' includes a scene featuring the execution of a deserter that closely resembles Slovik's desertion and execution.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Crowther |first=Bosley |author-link=Bosley Crowther |date=December 20, 1963 |title=Screen: The Grim Message of War:Foreman's 'The Victors' at Two Theaters |work=New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9501E6DA1F30EF3BBC4851DFB4678388679EDE |access-date=May 15, 2017}}</ref>

[[Kurt Vonnegut]] mentions Slovik's execution in his 1969 novel ''[[Slaughterhouse-Five]]''. Vonnegut also wrote a companion (alternate) libretto to [[Igor Stravinsky]]'s ''[[L'Histoire du soldat]]'' (''A Soldier's Tale''), telling Slovik's story.