His best-known book ends with a chapter on the "Bullitt Affair" after discussing the Cecil Plan.  
His best-known book ends with a chapter on the "Bullitt Affair" after discussing the Cecil Plan.  This man's father-in-law served as secretary of state, which led him to take an interest in international law.  In fact, he was so interested in it that he served as counsel for the U.S. in the Alaskan boundary dispute and helped to found the American Journal of International Law.  During his time in another position, he reached an agreement with Ishii that recognized special Japanese interests in China, but he was asked to resign three years later after he convened cabinet meetings while the president was incapacitated.  He had assumed that position after his predecessor resigned over a disagreement about the protest notes issued in response to the Lusitania incident.  FTP, name this man who in 1915 succeeded William Jennings Bryan as secretary of state for Woodrow Wilson.
His best-known book ends with a chapter on the "Bullitt Affair" after discussing the Cecil Plan.  
Robert Lansing