Many consider him the father of Croatian independence, but as his critics often point out, he faced war crimes allegations, he was a nationalist hardliner who allied with Slobodan Milosevic on the division of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and created a new political climate in Croatia based on corruption, which in turn produced capitalists loyal to the Tudjman system.
Mnogi ga smatraju ocem hrvatske neovisnosti, ali kako neki njegovi kritičari često ukazuju, on se sučelio s tvrdnjama o ratnim zločinima, bio je nacionalistički trvrdostrujaš koji se udružio sa Slobodanom Milošević glede podjele Bosne i Hercegovine, i stvorio novo političko ozračje u Hrvatskoj temeljeno na korupciji, koja je zauzvrat proizvela kapitaliste lojalne Tuđmanovu sustavu.