> Where many modernists greeted the Great War as a moment of disenchantment and disillusionment, a young Tolkien, who fought in it, took it as a spur to a mission of re-enchantment for a world desperately in need of myth.

The anti-war sentiment of Tolkien’s work isn’t even highlighted explicitly enough I find.

Dead Marshes echo WWI trenches and WWII fascism casts shadows over Sauron's dominion.

Frodo's scars mirror war's enduring trauma.

Myth making for himself, his children and general world (re-)building.

To mend, yes.