Framed sketch, 20 x 26 inches of the Inter-American Defense College building. The Defense College is an advanced-studies institute for senior officers of the member nations of the Inter-American Defense Board. The officers study world alliances and the international situation, the inter-American system and its role, strategic concepts of war, and engage in a planning exercise for hemispheric defense. The college has been at Fort McNair since 1962. Presented by Class XXXVIII on the occasion of their visit.