1968 -- they didn't call him the "Happy Warrior" for nothing. It was only in the waning days of the campaign season did he flip-flop, and then for entirely political purposes. Hubert Humphrey was a typical Cold Warrior through-and-through.
And Richard Nixon wasn't?
In 1968, Nixon promised "peace with honor" and claimed to have a secret plan to end the war. He and Humphrey were both undoubtedly Cold Warriors, and while I doubt Humphrey would have bombed Cambodia, he probably wouldn't have implemented Realpolitik or reached out to China. It's often forgotten that the Nixon administration saw the beginning of detente and represented a relative high point in U.S.-Soviet relations.
