That's what The Left's seems to be trying so hard to do...
That's not allegory, it's historical fact. And leftists are trying to ruin other people's homes even in peacetime.
More telling than the changes to the Shire was the active indifference of the citizens to the world around them, even after a few of their own came back with stories of worlds undreamt-of. I see this as an an allegory for the Little-Englander. Tolkien didn't write any explicit allegory, but parts of the books take on that aspect just because of the universal truths they address.
I'll agree with that. The Professor did mention his own ilitary service is reflected in parts of the epic.
You've FReepmail, BTW...