after the destruction of his navy at trafalgar, napoleon instituted a total war against britain.is strategy was to exclude british trade from europe and try to bankrupt the british. napoleon understood the basis of british power was notaéó men, armies or even fleets, it was trade and money. if napoleon could break british economy, britain would surrender. his continental system would harness european continent in a war against britain. they would exclude all british trade from europe on penalty of seizure and destruction. the british counter-blockade did exactly the reverse. it cut europe off from the rest of the world. europeans had to fight 12 year long war without coffee and there were a few other things they missed as well. british counter-blockade cut europe off from africa, asia and americas and fundamentally threatened america's economic development. from 1803 to 1812 american shippers, merchants and traders made a lot of money being the last carrier, last country that could carry goods from french  to europe through the british blockade. they were also trading with the

practical legacy a legacy which western people see every day of their lives from washington square to trafalgar square. and that legacy lies in the realm of architecture civil engineering, building, town planning. these were the roman arts par excellence. and roman thinkers came to view the goal of their empire as providing a peace in which those arts could flourish. it was caesar augustus who brought the first real peace to a rome weary of continual war and internal strife. in 13 b.c. the senate celebrated his triumphant return from spain by dedicating to him an altar of augustan peace. on the outer walls is a sculpted representation of that dedication ceremony-- a procession of priests, officials, and members of the imperial family. this is to roman art what the parthenon frieze is to greek art. a sense of order and serenity pervades the scene. at the head of the procession, between his two consuls, is the damaged but recognizable image of augustus himself-- dignified, though not yet deified. all the other figures are portraits, too such as augustus' daughter julia-- later banished for immora

after the destruction of his navy at trafalgar, napoleon instituted a total war against britain.y to bankrupt the british. napoleon understood the basis of british power was notaéó men, armies or even fleets, it was trade and money. if napoleon could break british economy, britain would surrender. his continental system would harness european continent in a war against britain. they would exclude all british trade from europe on penalty of seizure and destruction. the british counter-blockade did exactly the reverse. it cut europe off from the rest of the world. europeans had to fight 12 year long war without coffee and there were a few other things they missed as well. british counter-blockade cut europe off from africa, asia and americas and fundamentally threatened america's economic development. from 1803 to 1812 american shippers, merchants and traders made a lot of money being the last carrier, last country that could carry goods from french  to europe through the british blockade. they were also trading with the british. neither the british nor the french treated the ame

after of destruction of his navy a trafalgar, napoleon had instituted a total war against britain. the strategy was to exclude british trade from europe and to try to bankrupt the british. napoleon understood the bade of their power was trade and money. in napoleon could break the british economy, britain would surrender. his continental system would harness the european consist innocent in a war against britain. they could exclude all british trade from europe on penalty the seizure and destruction. the famous orders in council did the exact reverse. so they had to, coffee is one of the things they missed. the british counter-blockade cut out of, and threatened america's economic development. from 1803 to 1812, american shippers, merchants and traders made a lot of money being the last neutral carrier, the last country that could carry good from the french west indies through europe through the british blockade. they were also trading with the british, and neither the british nor the french treated the americans particularly kindly. the british would arrest their ships and send th

after the destruction of his navy at trafalgar, napoleon had instituted a total economic war against britain. his strategy was to exclude british trade from europe and to try to bankrupt the british. napoleon understood that the basis of british power was not men, armies or even fleets. it was trade and money. if napoleon could break the british economy, britain would surrender. his continental system would harness the european continent in a war against britain. they would exclude all british trade from europe on penalty of seizure and destruction. the british counter blockade, the famous orders in council, did the reverse. it cut europe off from the rest of the world, so the europeans had to fight a 12-year-long war without any coffee. there were a few other things they missed as well. the british counterblockade cut europe off from africa, asia and the americas, and fundamentally it threatened america's economic development. from 1803 to 1812, american shippers, merchants and traders had made a lot of money becoming the last neutral carrier, the country that could carry goods thro

the last great british victory had been the battle of trafalgar, and since then, the british had hung around the margins of europe, annoying the french and hoping the rest of europe would realize that being ruled by france was a bad idea. some europeans had seen this but not all of them. the british were not especially worried by the american declaration of war. after all, the united states was then quite a small country. it had relatively limited resources and no great reputation for having a large and powerful army or indeed a particularly large navy either. what the british were worried about was the additional strain on their already seriously overstretched resources. i show you this slide just to remind people that the louisiana purchase is transformational for the united states. it turns a country which really looks to the atlanta into one that starts to look to the rest of the continent. not just west but north and south as well. the war between britain and america was, of course, a consequence of the anglo-french war. it was britain's strategy of block aid block blockading eur

. >> the better together campaign in trafalgar square. >> he has been trotted out, too. >> david beckham. >> big guns. >> fred lane will be out this morning. the oddity here is the idea of what will the currency will be. >> it matters hugely. the idea that somehow scotland is going to be welcomed with open arms into the eu. and everybody is going to want to support them and having the euro, i think it is very strange. >> the latest polls in scotland put the no campaign in the league. -- in the lead. there are so many polls. >> 4 polls over the weekend. three said that the union would stay together, one said it would not. my take away is that 25% of the to anotherording poll, 25% are undecided. >> i'm finishing the wonderful book about henry viii. ne is all i and bolyn's fault. >> he had 6 wives, how many did he kill? >> good anglican. >> fred lane. >> by the way, i am an anglican. y withdiscuss craft brewer the founder of brooklyn brewery. >> not as good as pabst blue ribbon. >> next on bloomberg "surveillance." ♪ >> this is bloomberg "surveillance." i am scarlet fu, here with tom keene