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 nazavisnosti, ali kako neki njegovi kritičari često ukazuju, on se suočio sa tvrdnjama o ratnim zločinima, bio je nacionalistički tvrdolinijaš koji se udružio sa Slobodanom Miloševićem oko podele Bosne i Hercegovine i stvorio novu političku klimu u Hrvatskoj baziranu na korupciji, koja je zauzvrat proizvela kapitaliste lojalne Tuđmanovom sistemu.