Dragged by force from his village in the Bolivian highlands, Carlos Obregon is thrown into the Chaco War with little training and incompetent officers. Fighting in an unforgiving wasteland, Carlos needs all his resources to survive as the Bolivian Army suffers defeat after defeat. At war's end he swears to remedy the injustice done to him and his fellow soldiers. At La Paz, Carlos participates in a secret army lodge which overthrows the civilian government...