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  • $\begingroup$ It's not clear to me what the advantage is for open, attributable warfare, as opposed to covert sabotage or proxy forces -- apart from the intimidation factor of declaring war. $\endgroup$ Commented Dec 14, 2016 at 17:58
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    $\begingroup$ Would something like British East India Company work for you en.wikipedia.org/wiki/… $\endgroup$ Commented Dec 14, 2016 at 18:49
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    $\begingroup$ You may want to read Steven Pressfield's The Profession (2011)... $\endgroup$ Commented Mar 13, 2019 at 16:17